See Also: trunk(dictionary)
Trunk(medicine)
trunk(dictionary)
trunk(1)(dictionary)
trunk(2)(dictionary)
thoracoacromial trunk(medicine)
coeliac trunk(medicine)
trunk call(dictionary)
vagal trunk(medicine)
bronchomediastinal trunk(medicine)

Neuroglycopenic (health) and trunk(2) (iou)


Neuroglycopenic (health)


Shortage of glucose in the nerve cells of the brain. Since the brain cells depends upon glucose as their main fuel, low blood sugars can quickly result in malfunction of the brain (with change in mental function, and possible loss of consciousness or seizures). In patients with Hypoglycemia Unawareness, where the patient may not recognize low sugar levels because Other symptoms such as sweating, tremor, and rapid heart rate, are absent, the first symptoms are neuroglycopenic -- namely, loss of mental functioning.





trunk(2) (iou)



trunk verb1 trans. obsolete exc. as TRUNKED ppl adjective1. LME.
[Latin truncare TRUNCATE verb.]
Cut a part off from; cut short, truncate.