hyperglycemically

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English

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Etymology

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From hyperglycemic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

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hyperglycemically (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) By means of hyperglycemia.
    Coordinate term: hypoglycemically
    • 1998 May, M. F. McCarty, “Nitric oxide deficiency, leukocyte activation, and resultant ischemia are crucial to the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy/ neuropathy — preventive potential of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, chromium, ginkgolides, and pentoxifylline”, in Medical Hypotheses, volume 50, number 5, →DOI, page 435:
      Impaired microcirculatory perfusion appears to be crucial to the pathogenesis of both neuropathy and retinopathy in diabetics. This in turn reflects a hyperglycemically mediated perturbation of vascular endothelial function that entails overactivation of protein kinase C, reduced availability of nitric oxide []