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Medical Definition of Salt-depletion crisis
1. Severe illness resulting from loss of sodium chloride, usually in urine (i.e., salt-losing nephritis), in sweat following severe exercise in hot weather, or in intestinal secretions, as in cholera. Can occur as result of Addison's disease or Addisonian crisis; characterised by hypovolaemia, hypotension. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salt-depletion Crisis
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