hypocalcemia

English

Alternative forms

• hypocalcaemia

Etymology

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

Noun

hypocalcemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypocalcemias)

1. (biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.

Antonyms

• eucalcemia (normocalcemia)
• hypercalcemia

Hypernyms

• dyscalcemia

Derived terms

• hypocalcemic