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Definition of 'diabetes mellitus'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) diabetes mellitus
either of two chronic forms of diabetes in which insulin does not effectively transport glucose from the bloodstream: a rapidly developing form, affecting children and young adults, in which the body does not produce enough insulin and insulin must therefore be injected

Etymology: (< NL: lit., sweet diabetes)

Definition of 'diabetes mellitus'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) diabetes mellitus, DM
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
"when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"

Definition of 'diabetes mellitus'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. diabetes mellitus
A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.

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