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The prefix "hyper-" means above normal and the suffix "-emia" means "in the blood." Which medical term means

above normal blood sugar levels"?
Ohypercardemia
Ohyperglycemia
O hyperpulmonemia
Ohyperarthronemia

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Answer:

Hyperglycemia

Step-by-step explanation:

Blood glucose is also known as blood sugar. Because of this, medical terminology references to sugar as the root term glyc/o-, stemming from the Greek words glykys and glykeros, which both mean "sweet."

Therefore, in order to compose a medical term that means above normal blood sugar levels, one would combine the suffix "hyper" for above normal, the prefix "-emia" for in the blood, and the root phrase "glyc-" for sugar. The result is the term hyperglycemia, the second option.

"Card" is likely a shorted version of the root phrase cardi/o- which refers to the heart. Hypercardemia is not a medical condition. "Pulmon-" refers to the lungs. "Arthr/o-" refers to the joints.

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