diabetes mellitus
A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent…A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
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Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
Diabetes, Zuckerkrankheit, Diabetes mellitus
са́харный диабе́тsáxarnyj diabét
цукровий діабетcukrovyj diabet
- diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin diabetes mellitus (“diabetes of the sweet type”) (from thLearned borrowing from New Latin diabetes mellitus (“diabetes of the sweet type”) (from the fact that in centuries past, physicians sometimes tasted a patient's urine to help diagnose the illness).
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria:DM
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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