Definition of "hyperkalemic" []

• Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood. (adjective)

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• "Veterinarians have reported the autosomal dominant disease known as hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) in Quarter Horse and Quarter Horse-related breeds."
• "There are two main varieties of periodic paralysis: hypokalemic periodic paralysis, where attacks are characterized by low potassium and which are improved by potassium administration, and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, where attacks are caused by potassium administration."
• "Warnock DG, Disse-Nicodeme S, Fiquet-Kempf B, Corvol P, et al. (2003) Familial hyperkalemic hypertension: phenotypic analysis in a large family with the WNK1 deletion mutation."