1. A medical condition characterized by abnormally low levels of potassium in the blood.
Usage: medical/clinical term; plural form of hypokalemia; also called potassium deficiency

Examples

• Severe hypokalemias can cause muscle weakness and cardiac arrhythmias.
• The patient's repeated hypokalemias were traced to diuretic use.
• Doctors monitored the athlete for hypokalemias after excessive sweating.
• Multiple hypokalemias in the elderly patient required careful electrolyte management.
• The hospital recorded several cases of hypokalemias during the summer heat wave.