Crossword clues for hypokalemia
Wiktionary
alt. (context medicine English) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood. n. (context medicine English) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood.
WordNet
n. abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics [ant: hyperkalemia]
Wikipedia
Hypokalemia, also spelled hypokalaemia, refers to the condition in which the concentration of potassium (K) in the blood is low. Normal plasma potassium levels are between 3.5 and 5.0 meq/l; about 98% of the body's potassium is found inside cells, with the remainder in the extracellular fluid including the blood. Alternately, the NIH denotes 3.7–5.2 meq/l as a normal range. This concentration gradient is maintained principally by the Na/K pump.
Hyperkalemia refers to the opposite condition in which the concentration of the electrolyte potassium (K) in the blood is elevated.
Hypokalemia is one of the most commonly seen water–electrolyte imbalances. The word is from the Greek prefix hypo- means "under"; kal- refers to kalium, the Neo-Latin for potassium, and -emia means "condition of the blood" in Greek.
Usage examples of "hypokalemia".
Inhibition of the enzyme allows cortisol to act as the major endogenous mineralocorticoid producing a marked elevation in mineralocorticoid activity, resulting in hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.