HYPOGLYCAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypoglycaemia mean? 

• HYPOGLYCAEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOGLYCAEMIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

  Familiarity information: HYPOGLYCAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGLYCAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypoglycaemia; hypoglycemia

Hypernyms ("hypoglycaemia" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Holonyms ("hypoglycaemia" is a part of...):

insulin reaction; insulin shock (hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma)

Derivation:

hypoglycaemic (of or relating to hypoglycemia)