blood sugar

Noun

Meaning

glucose in the bloodstream

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Synonyms

blood glucose glucose insulin dextroglucose glycemia diabetes related sugar in the blood sugar in your blood blood glucose level blood glucose levels blood glucose meter blood sugar levels glucose concentration sugar level sugar levels
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Hypernyms

glucose

Examples

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. David Perlmutter

Therefore, wheat products elevate blood sugar levels more than virtually any other carbohydrate, from beans to candy bars. William Davis

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky. Mary Tyler Moore

I was 13 when I developed the classic symptoms of a person who gets diabetes: a lot of weight loss, a tremendous thirst, and blurry eyesight. My mom took me to the hospital, and the doctors took some blood tests. My blood sugar was so high that they knew right away. Bobby Clarke

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. Elaine Stritch

If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained. Frederick Banting

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