Definitions For Glycemia

Noun

GLYCEMIA. (countable and uncountable, plural GLYCEMIAs) (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. (medicine, American spelling) (occasionally, ambiguously) hyperglycemia, hyperglycemia.

Synonyms

glycosemia

Derived terms

aglycemia glycemic hyperglycemia hypoglycemia

Translations

Catalan: glucèmia, f, glicèmia Danish: glykæmi French: glycémie, f German: Glykämie Greek: γλυκαιμία, f Icelandic: sykurdreyri, m Portuguese: glicemia, f Spanish: glucemia, f, glicemia, f Swedish: glykemi

Alternative forms

glycaemia glucæmia {{q, obsolete}} glucohæmia {{q, obsolete}}

Etymology

{{confix, en, glyco, alt1=glyc-, emia}}