hypercalciuria

[hahy-per-kal-si-yoor-ee-uh]

hy·per·cal·ci·u·ri·a

[hahy-per-kal-si-yoor-ee-uh]
noun Pathology.
an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
Also, hy·per·cal·ci·nu·ri·a [hahy-per-kal-suh-noor-ee-uh, -nyoor-] .


Origin:
1925–30; hyper- + calci- + -uria
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Hypercalciuria has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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hypercalciuria hy·per·cal·ci·u·ri·a (hī'pər-kāl'sē-y&oobreve;r'ē-ə)
n.
The excretion of abnormally high concentrations of calcium in the urine.

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