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Definition of Hypokalemia
1. Noun. Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics.
Definition of Hypokalemia
1. Noun. (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypokalemia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypokalemia
Literary usage of Hypokalemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... isoproterenol, causes only ar- hypokalemia (14, 15). Isoproterenol has shown
to cause an uptake of K by al muscle during local infusion, ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"This would seem to suggest that the hypokalemia did not result from ...
hypokalemia due to renal loss of potassium cannot be ruled out on this basis. ..."
3. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"When potassium is not included in the ORT mix, hypokalemia may occur. In a recent
study in Honduras, a simple sugar- salt solution corrected dehydration, ..."
4. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... such as hypokalemia or other electrolyte abnormality, hyperventilation,
vasoregulatory deconditioning, prolonged periods of physical inactivity (eg, ..."
5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Gorden P: Glucose intolerance with hypokalemia. Failure of short-term potassium
depletion in normal subjects to reproduce the glucose and insulin ..."
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