blood sugar
noun
: the glucose in the blood
also
: its concentration (as in milligrams per 100 milliliters)
Examples of blood sugar in a Sentence
As a diabetic, he needs his blood sugar to stay at the right levels.
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Adding legumes like kidney beans to your diet can stabilize blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of diabetes.10
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Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
In the emergency department, you are found to have a massive increase in your blood sugar and severe dehydration that could have been fatal.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
With both medications, weight loss was associated with improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels, the study found.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 May 2025
But the lack of GLP-1 receptors in the liver suggests that the drug doesn’t work directly on the organ but instead has an indirect effect by lowering weight and blood sugar levels, said Abdelmalek.
—Cathy Nelson, Health, 13 May 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
In the emergency department, you are found to have a massive increase in your blood sugar and severe dehydration that could have been fatal.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
With both medications, weight loss was associated with improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels, the study found.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 May 2025
But the lack of GLP-1 receptors in the liver suggests that the drug doesn’t work directly on the organ but instead has an indirect effect by lowering weight and blood sugar levels, said Abdelmalek.
—Cathy Nelson, Health, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood sugar
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“Blood sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20sugar. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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