2. The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease: the pathology of cancer. 3. A departure or deviation from a normal condition: Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime (Time).
1 A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If it's 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two separate tests, you have diabetes.  Oral glucose tolerance test. For this test, you fast overnight, and the fasting blood sugar level is measured.
1 The higher your blood sugar levels, the more hemoglobin you'll have with sugar attached. 2  A normal A1C should be below 5.7 percent. 3  An A1C level between 5.7 and 6.4 percent is considered prediabetes. 4  A level of 6.5 percent or higher on two separate tests indicates you have diabetes.