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hyperkalemic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-kalemic
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.

Etymology

Etymology tree English hyperkalemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hyperkalemic From hyperkalemia + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more hyperkalemic (comparative) most hyperkalemic (superlative) hyperkalaemic (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hyperkalemia hypercalcemic hypercupremic hyperferremic hypermagnesemic hypernatremic

Antonyms

hypokalemic normokalemic

Rhymes With

systemic ischemic anemic polemic epistemic glycemic phonemic anaemic racemic ischaemic leukemic uremic

Questions

What does hyperkalemic mean?
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
Where does hyperkalemic come from?
Etymology tree English hyperkalemia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hyperkalemic From hyperkalemia + -ic.

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