Meaning | abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet. |
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Synonym | hypoglycemia |
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Part of | insulin shock, insulin reaction | hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma |
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Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
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Opposite | hyperglycemia, hyperglycaemia | abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes |
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Spanish | hipoglicemia, hipoglucemia |
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Catalan | hipoglucèmia |
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Adjectives | hypoglycaemic | of or relating to hypoglycemia |
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