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HYPOGLYCEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hypoglycaemia; hypoglycemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

They include hypoglycemia, muscle weakness and lethargy.

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

Clinical signs usually appear during the first decade and include alacrima, achalasia, autonomic dysfunction and the sequelae of adrenocortical insufficiency: hypoglycemia and hypotension.

(Allgrove Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Intense glucose therapy increased the risk of very low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) and required a higher level of care such as increased supervision from nursing staff, compared to standard treatment.

(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)

They include vomiting, hypoglycemia, lethargy, hypotonia and failure to thrive.

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

This avoids a common drawback of diabetes treatments which can overcompensate on insulin exposure and leave the patient with harmful or dangerously low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They include feeding difficulties, lethargy, hypoglycemia, hypotonia, liver abnormalities, heart abnormalities, peripheral neuropathy, coma, and sudden death.

(Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms from fructose ingestion are evident in infancy and include vomiting, abdominal pain and hypoglycemia.

(Hereditary Fructose Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)

Early childhood manifestations include hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly.

(Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Very Long-Chain Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms may be exacerbated during fasting and include hypoketotic hypoglycemia, increased levels of carnitine in the blood, hepatomegaly, seizures, and coma.

(Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Canagliflozin is also able to reduce body weight and has a low risk for hypoglycemia.

(Canagliflozin, NCI Thesaurus)