glycemia
glycemia noun: 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.
Noun
glycemia (countable and uncountable, plural glycemias)
- 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.
- Currently used methods to determine glycemia have certain disadvantages, including cost, heavy labor involvement, and storage problems. Determination of serum fructosamine levels, on the other hand, offers several potential advantages over these current measures. Our goal was to evaluate the...1988, H Negoro, JE Morley, MJ Rosenthal, “Utility of serum fructosamine as a measure of glycemia in young and old diabetic and non-diabetic subjects”, in Am J Med, volume 85, number 3, pages 360–364
- We explored whether subjective sleep duration, sleep quality, or risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are associated with glycemia, body mass index (BMI), or blood pressure (BP) in overweight/obese youth.2019, B Mokhlesi, KA Temple, AH Tjaden, et al., “The association of sleep disturbances with glycemia and obesity in youth at risk for or with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes”, in Pediatr Diabetes...
- (occasionally, ambiguously) Hyperglycemia.
Examples of glycemia in a sentence
- Currently used methods to determine glycemia have certain disadvantages, including cost, heavy labor involvement, and storage problems.1988, H Negoro, JE Morley, MJ Rosenthal, “Utility of serum fructosamine as a measure of glycemia in young and old diabetic and non-diabetic...
- Education has a positive effect on adherence to recommended diet and glycemia regulation in diabetes patients after four-week follow-ups.2019, Z Gvozdanović, N Farčić, H Placento, et al., “Diet education as a success factor of glycemia regulation in diabetes patients: a...
Synonyms of glycemia
Forms of glycemia
| plural | glycemias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | glycaemia |
| alternative form | glucæmia |
| alternative form | glucohæmia |
Origin of glycemia
From glyc- + -emia.
Words formed from glycemia
- dysglycemia
- hyperglycemia
- or hypoglycemia
- euglycemia
- that is
- normoglycemia
- glycemic
- pathoglycemia
Questions about glycemia
- What does glycemia mean?
- Glycemia means 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.
- How do you use glycemia in a sentence?
- Currently used methods to determine glycemia have certain disadvantages, including cost, heavy labor involvement, and storage problems.
- What part of speech is glycemia?
- Glycemia is a noun.
- What is the plural of glycemia?
- The plural of glycemia is glycemias.
Words near glycemia in the dictionary
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