HYPERCALCEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercalcemia mean? 

• HYPERCALCEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERCALCEMIA has 1 sense:

1. the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease

  Familiarity information: HYPERCALCEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERCALCEMIA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypercalcaemia; hypercalcemia

Hypernyms ("hypercalcemia" 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)

Antonym:

hypocalcemia (abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency)

 Context examples 

A genetic metabolic disorder resulting from serum and bone alkaline phosphatase deficiency leading to hypercalcemia, ethanolamine phosphatemia, and ethanolamine phosphaturia.

(Hypophosphatasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Most patients have advanced disease, however hypercalcemia is not frequently present. — 2004

(Lymphomatous Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in hypercalcemia (abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood).

(Hyperparathyroidism, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

It is associated with hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia.

(Hyperparathyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

It remains unclear, however, whether death is associated with hypercalcemic crisis (uncontrolled or recurrent progressive hypercalcemia) or with advanced disease.

(Hypercalcemia of Malignancy, NCI Thesaurus)

Substances that demonstrate efficacy in treating tumor induced hypercalcemia.

(Malignancy-Associated Hypercalcemia Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary small cell carcinoma of the ovary that is associated with hypercalcemia and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Ovarian Small Cell Carcinoma, Hypercalcemic Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that is used to treat hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bones.

(Pamidronic Acid, NCI Dictionary)

A bone marrow-based plasma cell neoplasm characterized by a serum monoclonal protein and skeletal destruction with osteolytic lesions, pathological fractures, bone pain, hypercalcemia, and anemia.

(Plasma cell myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

By preventing osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, pamidronic acid decreases bone turnover rate, stabilizes the bone matrix and reduces hypercalcemia.

(Pamidronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)