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diabetes mellitus

noun

1 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria:
— When doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'.

synonym: DM.

is a specific kind of: diabetes.

is a broader term that covers: autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes | adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes | chemical diabetes, latent diabetes.

Dutch: suikerziekte

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