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HYPOVOLEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypovolemia" is a kind of...):
blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)
Antonym:
hypervolemia (a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood)
Derivation:
hypovolemic (of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood)