hyperglycemia
pronunciation
How to pronounce hyperglycemia in British English:
UK [ˌhaɪpəglaɪ'si:mɪə]
How to pronounce hyperglycemia in American English:
US [ˌhaɪpəglaɪ'simɪr]
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- Noun:
- abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes
Word Origin
- hyperglycemia (n.)
- 1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."
Example
- 1. Intensive insulin therapy of stress hyperglycemia after open-heart surgery .
- 2. Adverse effects associated with discontinuation of treatment were hyperglycemia ( 1 subject in the monotherapy trial ) and hypokinesia and tardive dyskinesia ( 1 subject each in adjunctive therapy trial ) .
- 3. Methods observed the blood glucose level of admitted acute stroke patients , compared the difference of the prognoses in patients with stressed hyperglycemia and the patients with normal blood glucose level .
- 4. Stress hyperglycemia and intensive insulin therapy .
- 5. Is hyperglycemia helpful to return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ?