Biological termModerate0.5 marks
5(b)
Give appropriate biological / technical terms for the following:
Condition when blood sugar level is lowered in the blood.
Topic: Hypoglycaemia
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Answer
Exam answer
HYPOGLYCAEMIA.
Explanation
Break the word apart: HYPO- means low, GLYC- refers to sugar, -AEMIA means of the blood. Low sugar in the blood.
Its opposite is HYPERGLYCAEMIA — raised blood sugar, the condition in diabetes mellitus.
Reading medical terms in their parts answers many one-mark questions without recall: hypo/hyper for low/high, -aemia for blood, -uria for urine.
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