What it means
The root in words about calciumKAL-see-umA mineral that builds bones and teeth and that nerves, muscles, the heart and blood clotting need to work.Full entry , also written calc/i. Hypercalcemia is a high blood calcium and hypocalcemia a low one (-emiaEE-mee-uhA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.Full entry = in the blood); calcification is a build-up of calcium in tissue, and calcitonin is a thyroid hormone that lowers blood calcium. Do not mix it up with calcane/o, which means the heel bone.
At a glance
| Also written | calc-, calc/i, calci- |
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Related terms
calcium
A mineral that builds bones and teeth and that nerves, muscles, the heart and blood clotting need to work.
hypo-
A word beginning that means under, below or less than normal.
-emia
A word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.
hyper-
A word beginning that means above, over or more than normal.