hypoglycaemia

noun

abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet

Roots

hypohypo- · Greek · under, deficient glykysglyc- · Greek · sweet, sugar haima-aemia · Greek · blood

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The word hypoglycaemia breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: hypo-, from Greek hypo (“under, deficient”); glyc, from Greek glykys (“sweet, sugar”); and -aemia, from Greek haima (“blood”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.