hyperglycemic
/ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ɡlaɪˈsiːmɪk/adjective, noun
hyperglycemic is an adjective meaning “Having (or producing) excessively high blood sugar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-G-L-Y-C-E-M-I-C, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hyperglycemic mean?
adjective
- 1
Having (or producing) excessively high blood sugar.
noun
- 1
A drug used to treat hyperglycemia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hyperglycemic?
- /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ɡlaɪˈsiːmɪk/
- /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ɡlaɪˈsɛmɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hyperglycemic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hyperglycemic
- more hyperglycemic comparative
- most hyperglycemic superlative
- hyperglycaemic
- hyperglycæmic
- hyperglycemics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperglycemic?
Hyperglycemic appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperglycemic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hyperglycémiant |
| German | überzuckert, hyperglykämisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperglycemic come from?
From hyperglycemia + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).