prediabetic
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˌprɛdɪˈaɪbɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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prediabético
- Changing the way prediabetic individuals are identified and classified will likely reorient the way patients, care providers, and institutions understand and respond to the escalating incidence and risks of diabetes in many different populations.
- prediabetic condition
- prediabetic people
- prediabetic state
Examples
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If you are prediabetic, your doctor may advise lifestyle changes to improve your health.
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Many people do not realize they are prediabetic until they undergo routine blood tests.
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This IGT represents the early prediabetic stage.
Academic text (2012) -
Patient is prediabetic with HbA1C = 5.8% and the normal range is 5.0%, 5.6%.
Blog text (3) -
One study of prediabetic patients found that exercise and dietary change could reduce new diabetes cases by almost 60 percent over three years, compared to a pharmaceutical drug that reduced new cases by only 31 percent.
Academic text (2004) -
For example, most would want to know if any of their employees suffer untreated hypertension or a prediabetic state, since both are amenable to preventive action.
Academic text (2003) -
With the widespread adoption of HbA1c-based diagnosis, it is likely that a larger proportion of the population will find themselves among the ranks of prediabetic patients who are encouraged to regulate their lives and lifestyles as individuals.
Academic text (2012) -
To that list, I would add a test for hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), which is a three-month average of serum glucose, to determine diabetic or prediabetic status, if any.
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A balanced diet and regular exercise can help someone who is prediabetic avoid developing diabetes.
Synonyms
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7.1
Having too much sugar in the blood
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
prediabetic = diabetic (semi-transparent) = pre + diabet + ic
The meaning of 'pre-' plus 'diabetic' is fairly clear, but the exact medical sense refers to a specific clinical state rather than simply 'before diabetes' in a loose temporal sense.
Etymology
Prediabetic comes from pre- 'before' and diabetic, which comes from diabetes, the illness of high blood sugar. So, to be prediabetic means having blood sugar higher than normal but not yet diabetes.