HYPOGLYCEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypoglycemia mean? 

• HYPOGLYCEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOGLYCEMIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

  Familiarity information: HYPOGLYCEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGLYCEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypoglycaemia; hypoglycemia

Hypernyms ("hypoglycemia" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Holonyms ("hypoglycemia" is a part of...):

insulin reaction; insulin shock (hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma)

Antonym:

hyperglycemia (abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes)

Derivation:

hypoglycemic (of or relating to hypoglycemia)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase, resulting in the inability of the liver to produce free glucose causing severe hypoglycemia.

(Glycogen Storage Disease Type I, NCI Thesaurus)

The risk for hypoglycemia is negligible with the use of DPP-4 inhibitors.

(Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia.

(Nesidioblastosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoglycemia means low blood glucose, or blood sugar.

(Hypoglycemia, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs during the neonatal period, when there is abnormally diminished content of glucose in the blood (below 70 mg/dL ).

(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NICHD)

Hypoglycemia that occurs during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients exhibit symptoms related to hypoglycemia due to inappropriate secretion of insulin.

(Malignant Pancreatic Insulinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Biguanide-based antidiabetic agents do not cause hypoglycemia.

(Biguanide Antidiabetic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to other sulfonylureas, chlorpropamide has an increased risk of prolonged hypoglycemia because of its long half-life.

(Chlorpropamide, NCI Thesaurus)

They include vomiting, hypoglycemia and lethargy.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Medium-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)