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Diabetes vs Hyperglycemic - What's the difference?

diabetes | hyperglycemic | see also |

Diabetes is a see also of hyperglycemic.


As a noun diabetes

is .

As an adjective hyperglycemic is

having excessively high blood sugar.

diabetes

English

(wikipedia diabetes)

Noun

(-)
  • A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
  • Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

    Derived terms

    * diabesity * diabetes mellitus * diabetes insipidus

    Related terms

    * diabetic

    Hyponyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hyperglycemic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hyperglycaemic *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having excessively high blood sugar.

    • Antonyms

    * hypoglycemic

    Derived terms

    * antihyperglycemic

    See also

    * diabetes