Insulin Reaction Glossary of Terms

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Blood glucose: The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is ca...

Blood sugar: Blood glucose. See also: High blood sugar; Low blood sugar.

Brain: The portion of the central nervous system that is located within the skull. It func...

Cell: The basic structural and functional unit of any living thing. Each cell is a small c...

Cheek: The side of the face, which forms the side wall of the mouth. The cheekbone is part...

Coma: A state of deep, unarousable unconsciousness. A coma may occur as a result of head t...

Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts and that affects the way...

Dextrose: Glucose, a simple sugar.

Diabetes: Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mell...

Diabetic shock: Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with diabetes. Symptoms include...

Diagnosis: 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A ...

Dizziness: Painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of ...

Endocrine: Pertaining to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the blood...

Glucose: The simple sugar that is the chief source of energy. Glucose is found in the bloo...

Headache: A pain in the head with the pain being above the eyes or the ears, behind the he...

Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar (glucose). Hypoglycemia may be associated with symptoms such...

Hypoglycemic: Relating to hypoglycemia, an abnormally low level of the sugar glucose in th...

Hypothermia: Abnormally low body temperature. Someone who falls asleep in a cold temperatu...

Injury: Harm or hurt. To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emot...

Insulin: A natural hormone made by the pancreas that controls the level of the sugar gluco...

Insulin-dependent diabetes: See Diabetes, type 1.

Lethargy: Abnormal drowsiness, stupor.

Liver: The largest solid organ in the body, situated in the upper part of the abdomen on t...

Low blood sugar: A low blood level of the sugar glucose. Also called hypoglycemia.

Lungs: The lungs are a pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon...

Mouth: 1. The upper opening of the digestive tract, beginning with the lips and con...

Muscle: Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. T...

Night sweats: Severe hot flashes that occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Nigh...

Normal range: Characteristic of 95 percent of values from a normal population. The remaini...

Onset: In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for ex...

Organ: A relatively independent part of the body that carries out one or more special func...

Pancreas: A spongy, tube-shaped organ that is about 6 inches long and is located in the ba...

Physiology: The study of how living organisms function, including such processes as nutrit...

Pneumonia: Inflammation of one or both lungs, with dense areas of lung inflammation. Pneum...

Prognosis: The forecast of the probable outcome or course of a disease; the patient's chan...

Shock: In medicine, a critical condition that is brought on by a sudden drop in blood flow...

Stroke: The sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen, caused by blockage of blood...

Substance: 1. Material with particular features.
2. The material that...

Sulfonylurea: A class of oral hypoglycemic agents (medications that lower the level of blo...

Sweating: The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. The...

Thyroid: 1. The thyroid gland. Also, pertaining to the thyroid gland. 2. A p...

Unconscious: 1. Interruption of awareness of oneself and one's surroundings, lack ...