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Diabetes terminology

diabetes
durably perturbation of the equilibrium of glycaemia. There is two kind of diabetes: insulin dependent diabetes (type I diabetes), due to a destruction of the cells that produce insulin (beta cells) and fat diabetes (type II diabetes), due to a depletion (more or less important) of beta cells during prolonged nutritious excess.
glycaemia, glycemia
ratio of suggar in the blood
hyperglycaemia
abnormal high value of the glycaemia
hypoglycaemia
abnormal low value of the glycaemia
insulin
hormone secreted by the pancreas which interven during the use of glucose
hypoglycemic power
ability to make the glycaemia decrease

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