Life With Diabetes - Key Terms

Question 1

Hyperglycemia

Answer 1

An excess of sugar in the blood.

Question 2

Hypoglycemia

Answer 2

Abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood.

Question 3

Hemoglobin A1c

Answer 3

A test that measures the level of hemoglobin A1c in the blood as a means of determining the average blood sugar concentrations for the preceding two to three months.

Question 4

Solution

Answer 4

A liquid that is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.

Question 5

Solvent

Answer 5

The dissolving agent of a solution. Water is the most versatile solvent known.

Question 6

Solute

Answer 6

A substance that is dissolved in a solution.

Question 7

Isotonic

Answer 7

Having the same solute concentration as another solution.

Question 8

Hypertonic

Answer 8

In comparing two solutions, referring to the one with a greater solute concentration.

Question 9

Hypotonic

Answer 9

In comparing two solutions, referring to the one with a greater solute concentration.

Question 10

Osmosis

Answer 10

The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.