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1. (n.) diabetes
any of several disorders characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood and increased urine production, esp. diabetes mellitus.
Etymology: (1555–65; < NL, L
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1. (noun) diabetes
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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1. (noun) diabetes
a medical condition caused by a lack of insulin
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1. (noun) diabetes
a disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal
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1. diabetes
a disease characterised by an excessive discharge of urine, and accompanied with great thirst; there are two forms of this disease.
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Sense: a disease in which there is usually too much sugar in the blood.
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 Afrikaans: suikersiekte, diabetes |
 Arabic: مَرَض السُّكَّري |
 Bulgarian: диабет |
 Brazilian: diabetes |
 Czech: cukrovka |
 German: der Diabetes |
 Danish: sukkersyge |
 Greek: διαβήτης, ζάχαρο |
 Spanish: diabetes |
 Estonian: suhkurtõbi |
 Farsi: مرض قند؛ دیابت |
 Finnish: diabetes |
 French: diabète |
 Hebrew: סַכֶּרֶת |
 Hindi: मधुमेह रोग |
 Croatian: dijabetes |
 Hungarian: cukorbaj |
 Indonesian: kencing manis |
 Icelandic: sykursÿki |
 Italian: diabete |
 Japanese: 糖尿病 |
 Korean: 당뇨병 |
 Lithuanian: diabetas, cukraligė |
 Latvian: diabēts, cukurslimība |
 Malay: diabetes |
 Dutch: suikerziekte |
 Norwegian: sukkersyke |
 Polish: cukrzyca |
 Persian: مرض قند؛ دیابت |
 Pashto: ديابيت، دشكرى نا روغى، يو |
 Portuguese: diabetes |
 Romanian: diabet |
 Russian: диабет |
 Slovak: cukrovka |
 Slovenian: sladkorna bolezen |
 Serbian: dijabetes |
 Swedish: diabetes |
 Thai: โรคเบาหวาน |
 Turkish: şeker hastalığı |
 Taiwanese: 糖尿病 |
 Ukrainian: діабет, цукрова хвороба |
 Urdu: ذیابیطس |
 Vietnamese: bệnh đái tháo đường |
 Chinese: 糖尿病 |
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