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Definition of hyperglycaemia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hyperglycaemia

noun
 
/ˌhaɪpəɡlaɪˈsiːmiə/
 
/ˌhaɪpərɡlaɪˈsiːmiə/
(British English)
(North American English hyperglycemia)
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. the condition of having too high a level of blood sugar
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from hyper- ‘above normal’ + glyco- ‘sugar’ + -aemia, relating to blood.
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