blood sugar vs glycemia

blood sugar

noun
  • Glucose in the blood. 

  • The amount of glucose in a person's blood. 

glycemia

noun
  • Presence of glucose in the blood (which is always true), and (usually, more specifically) average concentration thereof over time, and its regulation; in this sense, glycemia is hypernymic to euglycemia, hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia, and a mention of glycemia is a reference to blood sugar regulation and degree or quality thereof. 

  • (occasionally, ambiguously) Hyperglycemia. 

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