glycemia

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Noun

glycemia

1. (medicine, American spelling) Presence of glucose in the blood (which is always true), and (usually, more specifically) average concentration thereof over time, and its regulation; in this sense, glycemia is hypernymic to euglycemia, hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia, and a mention of glycemia is a reference to blood sugar regulation and degree or quality thereof.
2. (medicine, American spelling) (occasionally, ambiguously) Hyperglycemia.

Synonyms

• glycosemia

Translations

• French: glycémie
• German: Glykämie
• Portuguese: glicemia
• Spanish: glucemia, glicemia

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