HYPOKALEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypokalemia mean? 

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

1. abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOKALEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypokalemia" 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:

hyperkalemia (higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs)

 Context examples 

Clinical presentation includes hypertension, hypokalemia, and muscle weakness.

(Aldosterone-Producing Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It secrets renin and the patients usually present with severe hypertension and marked hypokalemia.

(Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The overproduction of aldosterone results in sodium and water retention and hypokalemia.

(Conn Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria.

(Malignant Pancreatic Vipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by early onset hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, low plasma renin and hypoaldosteronism.

(Liddle Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia, hypocalciuria, and hypomagnesemia.

(Gitelman Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Overproduction of aldosterone by the adrenal glands, which may lead to hypokalemia and/or hypernatremia.

(Hyperaldosteronism, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare inherited syndrome characterized by juxtaglomerular cell hyperplasia, hyperaldosteronism, hypokalemia, and alkalosis.

(Bartter Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A metabolic disorder that is characterized by electrolyte imbalances (e.g., hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, and hypercalcemia).

(Electrolyte Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)