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hypoglycemia

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A too low level of blood glucose.

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 low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypoglycaemia

Antonyms: hyperglycemia

Broader terms: symptom

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hipoglucèmia — low level of blood glucose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 低血糖 (dīxuètáng) — low level of blood glucose
  • Czech: hypoglykémie — low level of blood glucose
  • Dutch: hypoglycemie — low level of blood glucose
  • Dutch: hypo — low level of blood glucose
  • Finnish: hypoglykemia — low level of blood glucose
  • Finnish: matala verensokeri — low level of blood glucose
  • French: hypoglycémie — low level of blood glucose
  • Galician: hipoglicemia — low level of blood glucose
  • German: Hypoglykämie — low level of blood glucose
  • German: Unterzuckerung — low level of blood glucose
  • Greek: υπογλυκαιμία (ypoglykaimía) — low level of blood glucose
  • Hungarian: hipoglikémia — low level of blood glucose
  • Icelandic: blóðsykurskortur — low level of blood glucose
  • Icelandic: blóðsykurslækkun — low level of blood glucose
  • Icelandic: blóðsykursekla — low level of blood glucose
  • Indonesian: hipoglikemia — low level of blood glucose
  • Irish: hipiglicéime — low level of blood glucose
  • Japanese: 低血糖 (teikettō) — low level of blood glucose
  • Māori: mate hukatoto iti — low level of blood glucose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hypoglykemi — low level of blood glucose
  • Polish: hipoglikemia — low level of blood glucose
  • Polish: niedocukrzenie — low level of blood glucose
  • Portuguese: hipoglicemia — low level of blood glucose
  • Russian: гипогликеми́я (gipoglikemíja) — low level of blood glucose
  • Spanish: hipoglucemia — low level of blood glucose
  • Spanish: hipoglicemia — low level of blood glucose