hypoglycemic

1. Of or relating to hypoglycemia.
2. Lowering the concentration of glucose in the blood: a hypoglycemic drug.

1. Of or relating to hypoglycemia.
2. Lowering the concentration of glucose in the blood. Used of a drug.

Pertaining to, characterized by, or producing hypoglycemia.

• h. crisis — profound weakness and seizures may be caused by very low blood glucose levels. Untreated hyperinsulinism and overdosing with insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus are common causes.
• h. encephalopathy — degenerative lesions in brain tissue caused by prolonged hypoglycemia, as in pregnancy toxemia of ewes.
• oral h. agents — synthetic drugs that lower the blood sugar level. These drugs stimulate the synthesis and release of insulin from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, and are used to treat human patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. They have limited use in dogs and cats with diabetes mellitus as they have nonfunctional beta cells that cannot produce insulin.
• h. factor — see insulin.
• h. seizures — see hypoglycemic crisis (above).

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to hypoglycemia
  Synonym: hypoglycaemic
  Pertains to noun: hypoglycemia (meaning #1)