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血糖 (けっとう, kettou) Japanese meaning: blood sugar | Kotomora
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Blood sugar tends to rise after a meal.
The doctor told me to control my blood sugar.
Usage patterns 血けっ 糖とう が 上あ がる for one's blood sugar to rise
Blood sugar can rise sharply after a meal.
血けっ 糖とう が 下さ がる for one's blood sugar to drop
Exercising tends to lower blood sugar.
血けっ 糖とう をコントロールする to control one's blood sugar
The doctor recommended controlling blood sugar through diet.
血けっ 糖とう を 測はか る to measure one's blood sugar
I measure my blood sugar as soon as I wake up every morning.
Don't confuse with ブドウ糖 is the chemical substance glucose itself, whereas 血糖 specifically means glucose as it exists dissolved in the blood.
血圧 refers to blood pressure (force of blood in vessels), while 血糖 refers to blood sugar (glucose level), and the two medical terms are often mixed up by learners.
Word family low blood sugar; hypoglycemia
blood sugar level; blood glucose level
hyperglycemia; high blood sugar
hypoglycemic drug; blood sugar lowering agent
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 血 means blood and 糖 means sugar. The spelling transparently reflects the meaning 'blood sugar'; no more specific historical derivation is asserted here.
self-monitoring of blood glucose; blood sugar testing; SMBG
