Definition of hypovolemia
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.
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hypovolemic
play \ˌhī-pō-vä-ˈlē-mik\ adjective-
- hypovolemic shock with multiple organ failure following rapid blood loss
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- a hypovolemic patient
