Emergency Medicine Glossary

noun a medical condition characterized by a decrease in the volume of blood plasma in the body

• Hypovolemia is a medical condition characterized by a decrease in the volume of blood plasma in the body.
• If you're feeling dizzy and weak, it could be due to hypovolemia.
• I heard Sarah passed out from hypovolemia at the party last night.
• His lack of enthusiasm for the project could be seen as a form of hypovolemia in the team dynamics.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

• An acute disease is characterized by a sudden onset and short duration.
• When you have an acute disease, it hits you out of nowhere and doesn't last long.
• Getting an acute disease is like catching a quick bug that goes away fast.
• Dealing with that problem was like facing an acute disease - intense but temporary.