DictionaryRoot: -emia

Latin

-emia

condition of the blood

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An adult with shaky hands and sweating sits while checking a glucose meter displaying only '55'; companion offers juice, respectful non-diagnostic educational scene, no other text.

noun

hypoglycemia

high-poh-gly-SEE-mee-uh/ˌhaɪpoʊɡlaɪˈsimiə/

An abnormally low level of sugar in the blood.

Etymology

hypoGreekunder, below; deficient

+glycGreeksweet

+emiaLatincondition of the blood

The pieces describe a blood condition with too little sugar: “sweet” points to sugar, while “under” marks a level below normal.

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