Medical Terminology Simplified

9–67 Hyper/glyc/emia is a condition of excessive amounts of glucose in the

blood. Deficiency of glucose in the blood is known as hypo/glyc/emia.

Identify the elements in this frame that mean

blood condition:__________

excessive, above normal:__________

under, below, deficient:__________

sugar, sweetness:__________

9–68 Insufficient amounts of gluc/ose in the blood, usually caused by excessive

secretion of insulin by the pancreas, administration of too much insulin, or dietary

deficiency, is called hypo/glyc/emia. Treatment for hypo/glyc/emia is administration

of gluc/ose by mouth if the person is conscious or an IV solution if the person is

unconscious.

Deficiency of blood glucose is called__________ / __________ / __________.

The abbreviation IV means____________________.

9–69 Write the elements that mean forming, producing, originin the terms

glyc/o/gen and glyc/o/genesis.

__________, ____________________

9–70 Diabetes causes hyper/glyc/emia and occurs if the pancreas does not produce

sufficient amounts of insulin. It also occurs if the cells of the body become resistant

to insulin and do not utilize insulin properly. Insulin is an essential hormone for the

conversion of sugar, starches, and other food into energy.

If hyper/glyc/emia occurs, diabetic patients can reduce the amount of gluc/ose in the

blood by injecting themselves with the hormone called____________________.

9–71 Diabetes is a general term that, when used alone, refers to diabetes mellitus

(DM), a disease that occurs in two primary forms: type 1 diabetes and type 2 dia-

betes. When insulin is lacking, glucose does not enter cells but returns to the blood-

stream with a subsequent rise in its concentration in the blood, a condition known as

hyper/glyc/emia. Low blood glucose levels cause the opposite condition, called

hypo/glyc/emia.

Identify the terms in this frame that mean

excessive gluc/ose in the blood:____________________ / __________ / __________

low or insufficient gluc/ose in the blood:__________ / __________ / __________

9–72 Hyper/glyc/emia can cause numerous complications, such as impairing

wound healing, decreasing the body’s ability to fight infection, and causing damage

to the kidneys.

The opposite of hyper/glyc/emia is__________ / __________ / __________.

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