glucagon

IPA/ˈɡluː.kə.ɡɒn/
IPA/ˈɡluː.kə.ɡɑːn/

glucagon — 名詞

1. a hormone made by the pancreas that pushes blood sugar up — used as an emergency

1.名詞C2
釋義

升糖素

胰臟分泌、提升血糖的激素

a hormone made by the pancreas that pushes blood sugar up — used as an emergency medicine when a person with diabetes has dangerously low blood sugar.

例句

Asher's mother gave him a glucagon injection when his blood sugar dropped during the night.

Asher 的媽媽在他半夜血糖驟降時，幫他施打了一劑升糖素。

glucagon injection — emergency treatment for low blood sugar

The nurse trained the family to use the glucagon kit if Hui ever became unconscious.

護理師訓練家人，萬一 Hui 失去意識時要如何使用升糖素急救包。

glucagon kit — typical collocation in diabetes care

反義詞
  • insulin

    the opposing pancreatic hormone — insulin lowers blood sugar, glucagon raises it.

用法筆記

Uncountable in clinical use; pair with measure phrases like 'a dose of glucagon', 'a glucagon injection', or 'a glucagon kit' rather than 'a glucagon'. Subject is usually either the hormone itself (acting on the liver) or a person/doctor administering it.

常見錯誤

❌The doctor gave him a glucagon.
✅The doctor gave him a dose of glucagon.
💡glucagon is uncountable; use a measure word.
❌Glucagon lowers blood sugar.
✅Insulin lowers blood sugar; glucagon raises it.
💡do not confuse glucagon with insulin; their actions are opposite.