Meanings
adjectiveglycemic (not comparable)
alternative glycaemic
- USnot comparableOf, pertaining to or suffering from glycemia.
The true glycemic function consists in active nutritive changes which prepare, transform and utilize the sugary materials of the blood.
1893 April 29, “The Pathogeny of Diabetes”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter, page 668
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
- Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
- Englishglyc-
- Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
- Englishglycemia
- Englishglycemic
Translations
Finnish glykeeminen
- glykeeminenglycemic
French glycémique
- glycémiqueglycemic
Greek γλυκαιμικός
- γλυκαιμικός (glykaimikós)glycemic
Italian glicemico
- glicemicoglycemic
Polish glikemiczny
- glikemicznyglycemic
Portuguese glicémico, glicêmico
- glicémicoglycemic
- glicêmicoglycemic
Spanish glucémico, glicémico
- glucémicoglycemic
- glicémicoglycemic
Swedish glykemisk
- glykemiskglycemic
Turkish glisemik
- glisemikglycemic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glycemic
systemicischemicepistemicphonemicanemicpolemicischaemicleukemicuremicracemicemicThelemicsemicleukaemicpostischemicuraemichypovolemichemicaglycemicantiglycemicasemicbimorphemicblastemiccachaemic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
glycemic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycemic
MLA
“glycemic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycemic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glycemic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycemic.
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