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hyperuricemia

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hyperuricemia /hy·per·uri·ce·mia/ (-u″rĭ-se´me-ah) uricemia; an excess of uric acid in the blood.hyperurice´mic
hy·per·u·ri·ce·mi·a (hpr-yr-sm-)
n.
An unusually high concentration of uric acid in the blood.
hyper·uri·cemic adj.
Hyperuricemia
Excessively high levels of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
Mentioned in: Gout, Uric Acid Tests
hyperuricaemia, hyperuricemia.
See gout.
hyperuricemia [hi″per-u″rĭ-se´me-ah]
an excess of uric acid or urates in the blood. adj., adj hyperurice´mic.
hyperuricemia
an excess of uric acid in the blood; found in Dalmatian dogs and selected strains of chickens.
hyperuricemia
Internal medicine An accumulation of uric acid–a byproduct of normal metabolism, a side effect of cancer therapy. See Gout.
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