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June 18, 2013

Gestational Diabetes Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Gestational Diabetes article.

Baseline: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood sugar: See the definition from MedTerms.com

C-section: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diagnosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fetus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gestational diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemoglobin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemoglobin A1C: See the definition from MedTerms.com

High blood sugar: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hormone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypoglycemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Impaired glucose tolerance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Incidence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Insulin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Insulin resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Jaundice: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Miscarriage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Obese: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Obesity: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ovary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Overweight: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pancreas: See the definition from MedTerms.com

PCOS: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Polycystic ovary syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Preeclampsia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnancy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Prognosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Respiratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Risk factor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sibling: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Type 2 diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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