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A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood
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hypovolemia
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Hypovolemia (also hypovolaemia or oligemia ) is a state of decreased blood volume ; more specifically, decrease in volume of blood plasma . It is thus the intravascular component of volume contraction (or loss of blood volume due to things such as bleeding ...
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n. a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood [syn: hypovolaemia ] [ant: hypervolemia ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) A state of decreased blood volume.
Usage examples of hypovolemia.
The shock could be from hypovolemia, that is, too much blood loss or from cardiogenic shock from injury to the heart.