Kalemia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration). especially, in-compounds, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From kal(ium) + -emia.

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