English > diabetes mellitus: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria. |
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| Example | "when doctors say 'diabetes' they usually mean 'diabetes mellitus'" |
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| Synonym | DM |
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| Narrower | latent diabetes, chemical diabetes | A mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures |
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| type II diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, adult-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes, mature-onset diabetes | mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults |
| type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset |
| Broader | diabetes | A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood |
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| Spanish | diabetes mélitus, diabetes mellitus, diabetes, diabetes sacarina |
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| Catalan | diabetis mellitus, diabetis sacarina |
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