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HYPERCALCAEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease
Synonyms:
hypercalcaemia; hypercalcemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypercalcaemia" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
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