hypoglycemic
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The story begins in 2002 when Norris, a 26-year-old nurse, originally from Glasgow, found Ethel in an hypoglycemic coma as she recovered from a broken hip.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
To this end, each patient was deliberately put into a hypoglycemic state by medical professionals present in the car.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Jackson suggested to Young that he did that because she may have been hypoglycemic; Young said she was anemic and Jackson disagreed, telling Young he does not have the medical knowledge to know that.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
These actions mediated by insulin cause blood glucose concentrations to fall, called a hypoglycemic “low sugar” effect, which inhibits further insulin release from beta cells through a negative feedback loop.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
My first morning at Jerry’s, when the hypoglycemic shakes set in, I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don’t understand how she can go so long without food.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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