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Meaning of glycaemia

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glycaemia

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. (occasionally, ambiguously) Hyperglycemia.