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Definition: Hypoglycemia |
HypoglycemiaNoun1. Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Abnormally low blood sugar. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hypoglycemia is a pathologic state that is caused by neuronal glucose deprivation.
Brain metabolism depends primarily on glucose as energetic material. When blood glucose levels decrease a group of homeostatic mechanisms come into play as a reaction to that phenomenon. This syndrome is called hypoglycemia.
The main cause of hypoglycemia is intentional or accidental overdose of antidiabetic medication, insulin or oral drugs, or failure to eat as planned after taking those medications.
Another serious cause of hypoglycemia is the 'insulinoma', a pancreatic tumor that is derived from B (beta) cells of islets of Langerhans. These tumours are hormonally active, producing and releasing insulin into bloodstream. C-peptide levels can distinguish between abnormally high insulin levels that result from overproduction, and those caused by administration of exogenous insulin.
Hypoglycemia is usually divided into "reactive hypoglycemia" and "functional hypoglycemia." Reactive hypoglycemia refers to hypoglycemia caused by external influences, like diet and medication use. This type is more amenable to management or cure. Functional hypoglycemia refers to hypoglycemia caused by a malfunction, possibly metabolic, within the sufferer. This type is harder to manage. Functional hypoglycemia is caused by an overproduction of insulin, or a malfunctioning of the body's insulin-management system (insulin resistance. Hypoglycemia is also known as idiopathic if no physical cause for the bloodsugar drop can be discerned.Causes of hypoglycemia
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hypoglycemia."
Synonym: HypoglycemiaSynonym: hypoglycaemia (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: hyperglycemia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hypoglycemia |
| English words defined with "hypoglycemia": glucose tolerance test ♦ hypoglycaemic, hypoglycemic ♦ insulin reaction, insulin shock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hypoglycemia": Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome ♦ Fructose Intolerance, Fructose-1,6-Diphosphatase Deficiency ♦ Glycogen Storage Disease Type I ♦ Postgastrectomy Syndromes. (references) |
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Health | Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, can cause headache. (references) | |
Ten to 20 years ago, hypoglycemia was a popular diagnosis. (references) | ||
Service, F. J. Hypoglycemia and the postprandial syndrome. (references) | ||
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| "Hypoglycemia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hypoglycemia" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "hypoglycemia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | hypoglycémie d'effort (hypoglycemia caused by physical effort). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Arbeitshypoglykämie (hypoglycemia caused by physical effort). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 低血圧症 (hypotension). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ていけつあつしょう (hypotension). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypoglycemiahay för lågt blodsocker. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "hypoglycemia": hypoglycemias. (additional references) | |
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"Hypoglycemia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hyopglycimia, hyploglycemia, hypoglacemia, hypoglicemia, hypoglucemia, hypoglycaemia, hypoglycimia. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hypoglycemia" (pronounced hī'pōglīsē"mēu) |
| 4 | -ē" m ē u | academia, anemia, Bohemia, leukemia, uremia. |
| 3 | -m ē u | arrhythmia, bulimia, hypothermia, ischemia, Lamia, Macadamia. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-i-l-m-o-p-y-y" | |
-3 letters: coliphage, mycophagy, mycophile, polygamic. | |
-4 letters: hypogeal, lechayim, polygamy. | |
-5 letters: alchemy, alchymy, apogeic, camphol, campily, cheaply, chimley, compile, epochal, glyphic, hemiola, hypogea, impeach, lehayim, maypole, megilph, mochila, myalgic, mycelia, oghamic, oilcamp, omphali, pelagic, phlegmy, polemic, pyaemic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-i-l-m-o-p-y-y" | |
+1 letter: hypoglycemias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 79 70 6F 67 6C 79 63 65 6D 69 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01111001 01110000 01101111 01100111 01101100 01111001 01100011 01100101 01101101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H y p o g l y c e m i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0079 0070 006F 0067 006C 0079 0063 0065 006D 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)429182817378916971797567 |
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