serotonemia

English

Etymology

serotonin + -emia

Noun

serotonemia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The presence of serotonin in the blood.
    • 1965, Hans H. Hecht, Comparative Cardiology, page 356:
      We have observed the phenomenon occurring in the jugular vein in an example of tricuspid deformation associated with cardiac involvement in a patient with serotonemia due to carcinoid.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.