blood sugar

noun

Glucose in the blood.

Similar
glycemiablood glucose

Meanings

nounblood sugar (usually uncountable, plural blood sugars)

plural blood sugars

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineGlucose in the blood.
  2. uncountableusuallymedicineThe amount of glucose in a person's blood.

    Synonyms: glycemia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe amount of glucose in a person's blood.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounglucose in the bloodstream

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blood glucose
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 血糖, 血糖
  • 血糖 (xuètáng)glucose in the blood
  • 血糖 (xuètáng)amount of glucose in a person's blood
Dutch bloedsuiker, bloedsuikerspiegel
  • bloedsuikerglucose in the blood
  • bloedsuikerspiegelamount of glucose in a person's blood
Finnish verensokeri, verensokeri
  • verensokeriglucose in the blood
  • verensokeriamount of glucose in a person's blood
French glucose dans le sang, glycémie
  • glucose dans le sangglucose in the blood
  • glycémieamount of glucose in a person's blood
German Blutzucker, Blutzuckerspiegel
  • Blutzuckerglucose in the blood
  • Blutzuckerspiegelamount of glucose in a person's blood
Hungarian vércukor, vércukorszint
  • vércukorglucose in the blood
  • vércukorszintamount of glucose in a person's blood
Japanese 血糖
  • 血糖 (kettō)glucose in the blood
Korean 혈당
  • 혈당 (hyeoldang)glucose in the blood
Māori hukatoto
  • hukatotoglucose in the blood
Norwegian Bokmål blodsukker
  • blodsukkerglucose in the blood
Polish glukoza we krwi, poziom cukru we krwi
  • glukoza we krwiglucose in the blood
  • poziom cukru we krwiamount of glucose in a person's blood
Swedish blodsocker, blodsockerhalt
  • blodsockerglucose in the blood
  • blodsockerhaltamount of glucose in a person's blood
Cite this entry
APA

blood sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20sugar

MLA

“blood sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20sugar. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood sugar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20sugar.

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