| NOUN | state | juvenile diabetes, type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset |
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| Meaning | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease. | |
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| Synonyms | type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes | |
| Parts | ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis | acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies |
| Broader | autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder | Any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
| diabetes mellitus, DM | diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria | |
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