inadequate level of blood volume; therapy involves volume expansion (volume loading)
A decreased amount of blood in the body.
An abnormal decrease in blood volume or, strictly speaking, an abnormal decrease in the volume of blood plasma. From hypo- + volume + emia (blood).
Hypovolemia (oligemia) is a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.
Low level of blood in the body.
An abnormally low volume of Blood circulating through the body. It may result in hypovolemic shock.
Decreased blood volume below normal
In physiology and medicine, hypovolemia is a state of decreased blood volume; more specifically, decrease in volume of blood plasma.