See Also: hypovolaemia(medicine)

as-(2) (iou) and hypovolaemia (medicine)


as-(2) (iou)



as- prefix2 (not productive).
Var. of Old French ES- from Latin EX-1. Adoptions with as- were usu. altered back or aphetized, but sometimes retained, as assay, astonish.

hypovolaemia (medicine)


hypovolaemia


A term which describes a condition of abnormally low intravascular volume with a decreased volume of circulating plasma in the body. It can be due to blood loss or dehydration.

Origin: Gr. Haima = blood