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Definition: Blood Sugar |
Blood SugarNoun1. Glucose in the bloodstream. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In medicine, blood sugar is glucose in the blood. Blood sugar concentration is an important factor in diabetes.To do:
- glycosylated hemoglobin
- hyperglycemia
- hypoglycemia
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blood sugar."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BLS | English | Blood Sugar | N/A |
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Synonym: Blood SugarSynonym: blood glucose (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blood Sugar |
| English words defined with "blood sugar": glucagon ♦ hyperglycaemia, hyperglycemia, hypoglycaemia, hypoglycemia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blood sugar": Bromocriptine ♦ Glucocorticoids, Glucocorticoids, Synthetic ♦ Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated ♦ rosiglitazone. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [A young diabetic testing his blood sugar level] / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Farkas.. |  | An elderly woman has her blood tested for blood sugar, uric acid and cholestrol levels ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Abcede.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Controlling your blood sugar. (references) | |
However, blood sugar levels are normal. (references) | ||
This is called high blood sugar or diabetes. (references) | ||
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Expression using "blood sugar": Low Blood Sugar. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "blood sugar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سكر الدم. (various references) | |
Danish | fasteblodsukker (fasting blood sugar). (various references) | |
French | sucre dans le sang. (various references) | |
German | Nüchternblutzucker (fasting blood sugar). (various references) | |
Italian | glicemia a digiuno (fasting blood sugar). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 血糖 , 血液中の糖 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けつえきちゅうのとう, けっとう (duel, family line, formation of a party, lineage, pedigree, shoot-out). (various references) | |
Manx | shugyr folley. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodblay ugarsay.(various references) | |
Spanish | glicemia (glucemia). (various references) | |
Swedish | blodsocker. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-l-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: glabrous. | |
-3 letters: burgoos, busload, dolours, dorbugs, duologs, globous, goorals, labours, robalos, rugolas, subgoal, suboral, sudoral. | |
-4 letters: absurd, adobos, adsorb, algors, argols, bloods, boards, borals, bourgs, broads, broods, burgoo, bursal, doblas, dobras, dobros, dolors, dolour, dorbug, dorsal, douras, drools, duolog, gooral, gorals, gourds, gradus, guards, labors, labour, largos, obolus, odours, robalo, rugola, rugosa. | |
-5 letters: adobo. | |
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