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Carbohydrate vs Hypophosphatemia - What's the difference?

carbohydrate | hypophosphatemia |

As nouns the difference between carbohydrate and hypophosphatemia

is that carbohydrate is (organic chemistry|nutrition) a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide while hypophosphatemia is (medicine) an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.

carbohydrate

English

Noun

(wikipedia carbohydrate) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.
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  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * anticarbohydrate * complex carbohydrate * simple carbohydrate

    hypophosphatemia

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hypophosphataemia

    Noun

    (wikipedia hypophosphatemia)
  • (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
  • See also

    * phosphaturia