blood sugar

blood sug·ar

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bluhd shoo g-er]
- /blʌd ˈʃʊg ər/
- /blʌd ˈʃʊɡə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bluhd shoo g-er]
- /blʌd ˈʃʊg ər/

Definitions of blood sugar words

noun blood sugar the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l 3
noun blood sugar glucose in the blood. 1
noun blood sugar the quantity or percentage of glucose in the blood. 1
noun blood sugar glucose in blood 1
noun blood sugar glucose in blood: level 1
noun blood sugar (medicine) glucose in the blood. 0

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Origin of blood sugar

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Blood sugar

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blood sugar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for blood sugar

noun blood sugar

glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.

Just one Synonym for blood sugar