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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The presence of an unusually high concentration of calcium in the blood. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

hypercalcaemia

Antonyms

All antonyms

eucalcemiahypocalcemia

Etymology

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

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