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hyper- + calcaemia
hypercalcaemia (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 hypercalcaemias)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/20 19:04 UTC 版)
Hypercalcaemia (in American English, hypercalcemia) is an elevated calcium level in the blood. (Normal range: 9–10.5 mg/dL or 2.2–2.6 mmol/L). It can be an asymptomatic laboratory finding, but because an elevated calcium level is often indicative of other diseases, a workup should be undertaken if it persists. It can be due to excessive skeletal calcium release, increased intestinal calcium absorption, or decreased renal calcium excretion.