Endocrine
hyperglycemia
hy-per-gly-SEE-mee-uh
StatusNew
Definition
Abnormally high blood sugar levels
PathologyEndocrine
Breakdown
Prefix
hyper-
excessive
Root
glyc/o
sugar
Suffix
-emia
blood condition
Etymology
Greek: hyper- (excessive) + glyc/o (sugar) + -emia (blood condition)
Practice
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