hypercalcinemia

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noun

An excessive level of calcium in the blood

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Meanings

nounhypercalcinemia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn excessive level of calcium in the blood

    In terms of the mechanism and relevance of the high expression of ICAM-1 in sarcoidosis patients, current research has demonstrated that alveolar macrophages associated with the sarcoidosis granulation tissue could synthesize and release 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, leading to hypercalcinemia.

    2015 September 15, “Screening for Differentially Expressed Proteins Relevant to the Differential Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + calcinemia.

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