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hypernatremic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˌhaɪ.pə.nəˈtɹiː.mɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.nəˈtɹi.mɪk/

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adj

Meaning 1

Having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hypernatremia + -ic = hyper- + natremia + -ic. By surface analysis, hyper- + natr- + -emic.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hypernatreeminen — having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma
  • French: hypernatrémique — having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma
  • Italian: ipernatriemico — having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma
  • Portuguese: hipernatrêmico — having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma
  • Russian: гипернатриемический (gipernatrijemičeskij) — having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma