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- what is the meaning of the suffix in the term hyperglycemia?
inflammation
forming or producing
blood condition
excision or removal
Brief Explanations
In medical terminology, the suffix "-emia" means a blood condition. For example, anemia (lack of blood cells in the blood), leukemia (abnormal white blood cells in the blood). In the term hyperglycemia, "hyper - " means excessive and "glyc" refers to sugar. So "-emia" in hyperglycemia means a blood condition (excessive sugar in the blood).
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Blood condition.