| NOUN | state | hyperkalemia | higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood |
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| Meaning | higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs. | |
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| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Opposite | hypokalemia | abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities |
| Spanish | hiperpotasemia | |
| Catalan | hiperpotassèmia | |
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