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HYPERNATREMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypernatremia mean?
• HYPERNATREMIA (noun)
The noun HYPERNATREMIA has 1 sense:
1. excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus
Familiarity information: HYPERNATREMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypernatremia" 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:
hyponatremia (abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration)
Context examples
Overproduction of aldosterone by the adrenal glands, which may lead to hypokalemia and/or hypernatremia.
(Hyperaldosteronism, NCI Thesaurus)
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