1. (noun)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; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weightloss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
Definition of 'IDDM' 
