Biology
- #113 The Control Of Blood Glucose
The blood glucose concentration is regulated by negative feedback control mechanisms. Blood glucose concentration should remain at a fairly constant value of about 100 mg glucose per 100 cm3 of blood. If blood glucose concentration falls well below...
- Glucose
Term: glucoseLiterally meaning: ?sweet like?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf (1709-1782), who isolated it in raisins....
- Glucagon
Term: glucagonLiterally meaning: ?producing sweet ?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf...
- Anemia And Suffix -emia
Term: anemia Literally meaning: "without blood" Origin: Anc Greek ???????/anaimia(= lack of blood) >?? /an (prefix that denotes absence) + ????/hema (blood) ---> -emia : suffix that denotes the term ????/hema (blood) Coined: the first...
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...
Biology
hypoglycemia
Term: hypoglycemia
Origin: Anc Greek
???/hyp?(=prefix meaning ?under?, ?beneath? or ?less?)
+?????? /glycys(=sweet)
+?????/aima(suffix denoting blood)
Coined:?
Definition
An abnormally low concentration of glucose (normal glucose range 60?100 mg/dL) in the circulating blood. seen especially in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- #113 The Control Of Blood Glucose
The blood glucose concentration is regulated by negative feedback control mechanisms. Blood glucose concentration should remain at a fairly constant value of about 100 mg glucose per 100 cm3 of blood. If blood glucose concentration falls well below...
- Glucose
Term: glucoseLiterally meaning: ?sweet like?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf (1709-1782), who isolated it in raisins....
- Glucagon
Term: glucagonLiterally meaning: ?producing sweet ?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf...
- Anemia And Suffix -emia
Term: anemia Literally meaning: "without blood" Origin: Anc Greek ???????/anaimia(= lack of blood) >?? /an (prefix that denotes absence) + ????/hema (blood) ---> -emia : suffix that denotes the term ????/hema (blood) Coined: the first...
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...