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Noun: hypokalaemia
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hypokalemia)
  1. Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors, starvation or taking diuretics
    "Her hypokalaemia caused muscle weakness and irregular heartbeats";
    - hypokalemia [N. Amer]

Type of: symptom

Encyclopedia: Hypokalaemia