hypernatremic
English
WOTD – 11 March 2010
Etymology
From hypernatremia + -ic = hyper- + natremia + -ic.
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hypernatremic (not generally comparable, comparative more hypernatremic, superlative most hypernatremic)
- (medicine) Having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- 1991, Stephen Brennan & J. Carlos Ayus, "Treatment of Hypoosmolar and Hyperosmolar States", chapter 1 in Wadi N. Suki & Shaul G. Massry (eds.), Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders, page 11
- Although nearly half the hypernatremic patients had a febrile illness, other associated conditions assume more prominence than in infants.
- 2008, Robert W. Schrier, Manual of Nephrology: Diagnosis and Therapy, page 35:
- In all hypernatremic patients who primarily have water losses without electrolyte losses, the urine sodium excretion concentration merely reflects sodium intake.
- 1991, Stephen Brennan & J. Carlos Ayus, "Treatment of Hypoosmolar and Hyperosmolar States", chapter 1 in Wadi N. Suki & Shaul G. Massry (eds.), Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders, page 11
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having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma
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