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Answer for the clue "Hyperglycemia sufferer ", 8 letters:
diabetic

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Word definitions for diabetic in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who has diabetes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN care ▪ This study has shown that an acceptable standard of diabetic care can be provided in normal surgery time. ▪ Health gain has been rather narrowly defined in primary care studies of diabetic care to date. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus. 2 Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus. 3 Suitable for one having diabetes mellitus. n. A person who suffers from diabetes mellitus.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diabetic \Di`a*bet"ic\, Diabetical \Di`a*bet"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment. --Quian. Diabetic sugar . (Chem.) Same as Dextrose . ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1799; see diabetes + -ic . From 1840 as a noun.

Usage examples of diabetic.

In the case of my own locution, the shock being delivered would prove to be a kind of diabetic shock.

My journey toward understanding would become more of a diabetic than a religious pilgrimage.

I want you to live my own story and other diabetic stories to see how this transformation can take place.

Thus, we stocked our little overpriced kitchen with a motley assortment of foodstuff based on my half-hour crash course in diabetic nutrition and my half-baked notion of what the nutritionist had told me.

After returning from the supermarket and surveying the meager pickings available to me, I recalled the griping of a diabetic friend of mine about the diet he was forced to adopt.

The body of a diabetic is not unlike the fragile environment of this dunescape, where the geology, hydrology, wildlife, food chain, and human influences all interact in a delicate dance that determines the health of the whole system.

My whole future depended on getting my diabetic ecology equalized within the shifting sand dunes of my bodily functions.

Cape Cod is worthwhile writing, values that are socially redeeming, a lifestyle that is simplified, relationships that are fruitful, a world view that makes sense, and diabetic maintenance that is effective, healthful, and constant.

In 1995, Jessup developed diabetic retinopathy and ultimately went through eight surgeries on his right eye and five on his left.

They also stuck me in an adult ward and made sure there were diabetic patients who were blind, had amputations, had heart disease, and one who died while I was there.

Before taking up running, Collins suffered from diabetic neuropathy in both feet, a condition that made his feet feel like wood, and his toes like they were all welded together.

I would like my diabetes to be under control and without diabetic complications, and I would like my oral medication to keep working throughout my life.

What she had just suffered was a diabetic coma, or full-blown ketoacidosis, complicated by severe dehydration.

Because everyone there was a diabetic, and they all had to prick their fingers and give themselves shots, and some of them were way worse off than she was.

If diabetic shock brought out the underlying character traits, he liked hers.