| NOUN | state | diabetes | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood |
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| Sounds | day.ahbiy'tiyz | |
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| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst. | |
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| Parts | polydipsia | excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction) |
| polyuria | renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine | |
| Narrower | diabetes insipidus | A rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys) |
| diabetes mellitus, DM | diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria | |
| Broader | polygenic disorder, polygenic disease | An inherited disease controlled by several genes at once |
| Spanish | diabetes | |
| Catalan | diabetis | |
| Adjectives | diabetic | of or relating to or causing diabetes |
| diabetic | suffering from diabetes | |
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