Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to hypoglycemia.
- adj. Lowering the concentration of glucose in the blood: a hypoglycemic drug.
Wiktionary
- adj. pathology Suffering from hypoglycemia.
- n. A sufferer of hypoglycemia.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to hypoglycemia
Etymologies
- hypoglycemia + -ic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And then, last Saturday, because it was the end of the week, and because I had written a lot, and because writing a lot makes a girl feel kind of hypoglycemic, I made another batch.”
“RUCerious Brought to you by MalWart your source for cheap plastic crap says: prickdom? need lunch, hypoglycemic finger tremens ….”
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“Next comes insulin (by injection, for diabetes) at 13 percent, then oral anti-platelet agents (including aspirin, used for ischemic heart disease) at 13 percent and oral hypoglycemic agents (diabetes pills) at 10 percent of hospitalizations.”
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“They said she had a hypoglycemic reaction and her heart seized.”
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“I seem to recall standing once in court, saying to a judge that I have “nothing to say” about my having stolen a chocolate bar from a department store, too ashamed and embarrassed to dare mention being hypoglycemic at the time (since as a careful diabetic, I always carried my own sugar).”
“Most people still have some insulin production from those transplants and can keep their HbA1c (measurement for how much glucose -- blood sugar -- is attached to red blood cells) in the near normal range without severe hypoglycemic episodes.”
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“If those patients are then prescribed higher doses, hypoglycemic episodes may occur, she says.”
“Think of an office, any office, all offices: summon their atmosphere, that permanent hypoglycemic midafternoon.”
“One brother, Henry, died on that day, while another Adam died six months later after falling into a hypoglycemic coma as result of diabetes.”
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