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continuous glucose monitor

noun

A2CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A wearable sensor that measures glucose in the tissue fluid throughout the day and night.

Since starting a continuous glucose monitor, he's much better at spotting the trends before a hypo.

Similar: CGM, flash glucose monitor

Topic: Endocrine & diabetes in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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