Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-os-mo-lar hy-per-glycemic non-ke-to-ic -co-ma
IPA

76

Scrabble Score

38

Letters

12

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of diabetic coma caused by elevated levels of sugar in the bodies of people with type II diabetes.

Etymology

hyperosmolar + hyperglycemic + nonketoic + coma

Inflected Forms

hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic comas (plural)

Synonyms

HHNC

Questions

What does hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma mean?: A type of diabetic coma caused by elevated levels of sugar in the bodies of people with type II diabetes.
Where does hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma come from?: hyperosmolar + hyperglycemic + nonketoic + coma

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