hypervolemia

[ hahy-per-vuh-lee-mee-uh ]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. the state or condition of having a higher than normal volume of blood or fluids in the body.

Other Words From

• hy·per·vo·le·mic especially British, hy·per·vo·lae·mic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypervolemia¹

First recorded in 1925–30; hyper- ( def ) + vol(ume) ( def ) + -emia ( def )

Example Sentences

Patients with a congestive heart failure – which counts negatively in the metrics, as indicative of poor patient care – were classified as suffering from hypervolemia, a condition not tracked by the metrics.

From The Guardian

So, doctors said, they are told to list it as hypervolemia, a condition that occurs when there is too much fluid in the blood, a diagnosis that isn’t tracked and hides the problem.

From New York Times