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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The presence of an abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The presence in the blood of a large quantity of sugar. Also hyperglykemia.

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  • noun medicine An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood

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  • noun abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes

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