Meaning

3 senses

  1. (uncountable)Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

    Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit, Zucker

    диабе́тdiabét

    діабе́тdiabét

  2. (humorous, slang, uncountable)Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.

  3. (uncountable)Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.

More definitions
  • a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

Examples

86 sentences

  1. Do you have diabetes?

    У вас діабет? — Anjy

    ruУ вас диабет? — odexed

    deHast du Diabetes? — Luiaard

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  2. I have diabetes.

    У мене діабет. — deniko

    ruУ меня диабет. — marafon

    deIch bin Diabetiker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom had diabetes.

    У Тома був діабет. — deniko

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  4. Tom has diabetes.

    У Тома діабет. — deniko

    ruУ Тома диабет. — marafon

    deTom hat Diabetes. — quicksanddiver

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  5. Many people who have diabetes don't know they have it.

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Translations

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Origin

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
group of metabolic diseases:diabetes mellitusDMdiabeetus

Word family

14 related words
Relateddiabetic
Derivedadult-onset diabetesantidiabetesbronze diabetesdiabesitydiabetes insipidusdiabetes mellitusdiabetologydiabulimiagestational diabetesnondiabetesprediabetessugar diabetestelediabetes

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dewdexteritydexterousdextromethorphandiabeticdiabolicaldiacritic
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