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hypercalcemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-cal-cemia
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of an unusually high concentration of calcium in the blood.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hyper- + calcemia or hyper- + calc- + -emia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypercalcemias (plural) hypercalcaemia (alternative) hypercalcæmia (alternative)

Derived Forms

hypercalcemic

Synonyms

hypercalcaemia

Antonyms

eucalcemia hypocalcemia

Questions

What does hypercalcemia mean?
The presence of an unusually high concentration of calcium in the blood.
Where does hypercalcemia come from?
From hyper- + calcemia or hyper- + calc- + -emia.

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