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In clinical practice, the terms hyper (meaning high) and hypo (meaning low) are commonly used as prefixes when a named variable is outside of its normal range. In Ian’s case the term hyperglycaemia literally means: hyper (high) glyc (sugar/glucose) aemia (in blood), so hyperglycaemia is the medical term for high blood sugar. Similarly, if a patient injects too much insulin, this results in hypoglycaemia, which means hypo (low) glyc (sugar/glucose) aemia (in blood) or low blood sugar.

Now that you have been introduced to the prefixes hyper and hypo, attempt Activity 2.1 to reinforce your understanding.