hyposelenemia

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US/ˌhaɪ.poʊˌsɛ.ləˈni.mi.ə/

noun

The condition of having insufficient selenium in the bloodstream.

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Meanings

nounhyposelenemia (uncountable)

alternative hyposelenaemia

  1. uncountablemedicineThe condition of having insufficient selenium in the bloodstream.

    In 11 of these patients, the hyposelenemia was a result of a variety of gastrointestinal diseases (coeliac disease, malabsorption, Whipple's disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and intestinal obstruction).

    1992, Donald W. Seldin, The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysiology, volume 3, page 2999

Origin

From hypo- + seleno- + -emia.

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