hypercalcemia

[hahy-per-kal-see-mee-uh]

hy·per·cal·ce·mi·a

[hahy-per-kal-see-mee-uh]
noun Pathology.
an abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood.
Also, hy·per·cal·cae·mi·a.


Origin:
1920–25; < Neo-Latin; see hyper-, calc-, -emia
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Hypercalcemia has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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hypercalcemia hy·per·cal·ce·mi·a (hī'pər-kāl-sē'mē-ə)
n.
An abnormally high concentration of calcium in the blood.

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