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hyperglycemia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hyperglycaemia

Antonyms: hypoglycemia

Broader terms: symptom

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. English glyc- Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)der. New Latinder. English -emia English glycemia English hyperglycemia From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hiperglukemie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Afrikaans: hoë bloedsuiker — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Albanian: hiperglikemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Arabic: فرط سكر الدم — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Armenian: հիպերգլիկեմիա (hiperglikemia) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Azerbaijani: hiperqlikemiya — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Catalan: hiperglucèmia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高血糖 (gāoxuètáng) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Czech: hyperglykémie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Czech: hyperglykemie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Dutch: hyperglykemie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Esperanto: hiperglukozemio — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Finnish: hyperglykemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • French: hyperglycémie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • German: Hyperglykämie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • German: Überzuckerung — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Greek: υπεργλυκαιμία (yperglykaimía) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Hebrew: היפרגליקמיה — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Hindi: हायपर ग्लाईसीमिया (hāypar glāīsīmiyā) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Hungarian: hiperglikémia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Hungarian: magas vércukorszint — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Icelandic: blóðsykurshækkun — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Indonesian: hiperglisemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Irish: hipirglicéime — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Italian: iperglicemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Japanese: 高血糖症 (kōkettōshō) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Kapampangan: matas mayumu — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Kazakh: гипергликемия (giperglikemiä) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Korean: 고혈당증 (gohyeoldangjeung) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Latvian: hiperglikēmij — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Malayalam: ഹൈപ്പർഗ്ലൈസീമിയ (haippaṟglaisīmiya) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Māori: mate hukatoto nui — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Norwegian: hyperglykemi — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Persian: هایپرگلایسمی — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Polish: hiperglikemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Polish: przecukrzenie — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Portuguese: hiperglicemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Portuguese: hiperglicémia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Romanian: hiperglicemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Russian: ги́пергликеми́я (gíperglikemíja) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Spanish: hiperglucemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Spanish: hiperglicemia — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Swedish: hyperglykemi — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Tamil: இரத்தச் சர்க்கரை அதிகரிப்பு (irattac carkkarai atikarippu) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Telugu: హైపర్గ్లైసీమియా (haiparglaisīmiyā) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Turkish: hiperglisemi — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
  • Ukrainian: гіперглікемі́я (hiperhlikemíja) — unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood