hypoglycemic

Thân thiện

A patient checks their blood sugar after taking a hypoglycemic medication.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or characterized by hypoglycemia: Pertaining to an abnormally low level of glucose (sugar) in the blood.
   • Causing a decrease in blood glucose: Describing a substance or agent that lowers blood sugar levels.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient experienced a hypoglycemic episode after taking too much insulin.
  • Doctors monitor for hypoglycemic symptoms in diabetic patients.
  • This medication has a strong hypoglycemic effect.

Advanced Usage

• "hypoglycemic unawareness": A condition where a person does not experience or recognize the early warning signs of low blood sugar.
  • Patients with long-standing diabetes may develop hypoglycemic unawareness, which is dangerous.

Variants and Related Words

• Hypoglycemia (noun): The medical condition of having low blood sugar.
  • Severe hypoglycemia requires immediate treatment.
• Hypoglycemic (noun, less common): A person who suffers from hypoglycemia.
  • As a hypoglycemic, she always carries a snack.

Synonyms

• Insulinogenic (in specific contexts, relating to insulin-induced low blood sugar).
• Glucose-lowering.

Antonyms

• Hyperglycemic: Relating to or characterized by an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or relating to hypoglycemia
   • hypoglycemic agents

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hypoglycaemic