hyperglycemia

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noun

An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood

Similar
hyperglycaemia
Opposite
hypoglycemia
OriginEnglish glycemia ← Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) ← Proto-Hellenic *dlukús →
UncommonScrabble 29
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Meanings

nounhyperglycemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperglycemias)

plural hyperglycemias · alternative hyperglycaemia · alternative hyperglycæmia

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
hypoglycemia

nounabnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes

Similar
hyperglycaemia
Opposite
hypoglycemia
Broader
symptom
Also see
hyperglycosemia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  8. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  9. Englishglyc-
  10. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  11. Englishglycemia
  12. Englishhyperglycemia

From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia.

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Translations

Afrikaans hiperglukemie, hoë bloedsuiker
  • hiperglukemieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • hoë bloedsuikerunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Arabic فرط سكر الدم
  • فرط سكر الدمunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Catalan hiperglucèmia
  • hiperglucèmiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Chinese Mandarin 高血糖
  • 高血糖 (gāoxuètáng)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Czech hyperglykémie, hyperglykemie
  • hyperglykémieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • hyperglykemieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Dutch hyperglykemie
  • hyperglykemieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Esperanto hiperglukozemio
  • hiperglukozemiounusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Finnish hyperglykemia
  • hyperglykemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
French hyperglycémie
  • hyperglycémieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
German Hyperglykämie, Überzuckerung
  • Hyperglykämieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Überzuckerungunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Greek υπεργλυκαιμία
  • υπεργλυκαιμία (yperglykaimía)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Hebrew היפרגליקמיה
  • היפרגליקמיהunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Hindi हायपर ग्लाईसीमिया
  • हायपर ग्लाईसीमिया (hāypar glāīsīmiyā)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Hungarian hiperglikémia, magas vércukorszint
  • hiperglikémiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • magas vércukorszintunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Icelandic blóðsykurshækkun
  • blóðsykurshækkununusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Indonesian hiperglisemia
  • hiperglisemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Irish hipirglicéime
  • hipirglicéimeunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Italian iperglicemia
  • iperglicemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Japanese 高血糖症
  • 高血糖症 (kōkettōshō)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Korean 고혈당증
  • 고혈당증 (gohyeoldangjeung)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Latvian hiperglikēmij
  • hiperglikēmijunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Māori mate hukatoto nui
  • mate hukatoto nuiunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Norwegian hyperglykemi
  • hyperglykemiunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Persian هایپرگلایسمی
  • هایپرگلایسمیunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Polish hiperglikemia, przecukrzenie
  • hiperglikemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • przecukrzenieunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Portuguese hiperglicemia, hiperglicémia
  • hiperglicemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • hiperglicémiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Romanian hiperglicemia
  • hiperglicemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Russian ги́пергликеми́я
  • ги́пергликеми́я (gíperglikemíja)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Spanish hiperglucemia, hiperglicemia
  • hiperglucemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • hiperglicemiaunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Swedish hyperglykemi
  • hyperglykemiunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Tamil இரத்தச் சர்க்கரை அதிகரிப்பு
  • இரத்தச் சர்க்கரை அதிகரிப்பு (irattac carkkarai atikarippu)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Turkish hiperglisemi
  • hiperglisemiunusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Ukrainian гіперглікемі́я
  • гіперглікемі́я (hiperhlikemíja)unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Cite this entry
APA

hyperglycemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperglycemia

MLA

“hyperglycemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperglycemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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