血けっ糖とう

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Meanings

blood sugar; blood glucose

Medical and health-related term for glucose/sugar in the blood. In everyday discussion it often appears in compounds such as 血糖値, but 血糖 itself is also used in phrases like 血糖が上がる and 血糖をコントロールする.

食しょく後ごは血けっ糖とうが上あがりやすい。
Blood sugar tends to rise after a meal.
医い師しから血けっ糖とうをコントロールするように言いわれた。
The doctor told me to control my blood sugar.

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Usage patterns

血けっ糖とうが上あがるfor one's blood sugar to rise
食しょく後ごは血けっ糖とうが急きゅうに上あがることがある。
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
運うん動どうをすると血けっ糖とうが下さがりやすい。
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
医い師しは食しょく事じで血けっ糖とうをコントロールするよう勧すすめた。
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
毎まい朝あさ起おきたらすぐに血けっ糖とうを測はかっている。
I measure my blood sugar as soon as I wake up every morning.

Kanji

血blood
糖sugar

Related words

血けっ糖とう値ち
血糖 refers to the sugar/glucose present in the blood itself, while 血糖値 refers to the numerical measurement or level of that sugar.

Don't confuse with

ブドウ糖とう
ブドウ糖 is the chemical substance glucose itself, whereas 血糖 specifically means glucose as it exists dissolved in the blood.
血けつ圧あつN2
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

低てい血けっ糖とう
low blood sugar; hypoglycemia
血けっ糖とう値ち
blood sugar level; blood glucose level
高こう血けっ糖とう
hyperglycemia; high blood sugar
血けっ糖とう降こう下か剤ざい
hypoglycemic drug; blood sugar lowering agent
血けっ糖とう自じ己こ測そく定てい
self-monitoring of blood glucose; blood sugar testing; SMBG

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.