Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kalemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kalemia
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Patients with renal insufficiency following trauma present special problems in management because clinical uremia, high levels of azotemia and kalemia, and myocardial potassium intoxication develop rapidly."
"One of the criteria of efficiency is the reversal of these potassium movements, with decrease of kalemia and increase of the intra-cellular cation, expressing a recovery of ATPase activity."
"Various factors influence the effects of hyper and hypokalemia on the heart: the rate of the change in kalemia levels, the plasmatic concentration of remaining ions which contribute to the cell Em, and the simultaneous use of drugs."

Etymology

From kal(ium) + -emia.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kal(ium)

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

kalaemia (alternative)

Derived Forms

eukalemia normokalemia hypokalemia kalemic

Phrases

that is either hyperkalemia

Frequently Paired Words

calcemia cupremia magnesemia natremia glycemia

Questions

What does kalemia mean?: The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).
Where does kalemia come from?: From kal(ium) + -emia.

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