hypovolemia

noun

hy·​po·​vo·​le·​mia ˌhī-pō-vä-ˈlē-mē-ə 

medical : a decrease in the volume of circulating blood in the body (as from traumatic injury or severe dehydration)

… fever and hypotension are common features in critically ill patients and may be attributed to sepsis and hypovolemia.

—Mark S. Cooper et al.

hypovolemic

ˌhī-pō-vä-ˈlē-mik 

adjective

hypovolemic shock with multiple organ failure following rapid blood loss

a hypovolemic patient

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hypovolemia

noun

hy·​po·​vo·​le·​mia

variants or chiefly British hypovolaemia

-väl-ˈē-mē-ə 

: decrease in the volume of the circulating blood

hypovolemic adjective

or chiefly British hypovolaemic

-ˈē-mik