Definitions for juvenile-onset diabetes
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ju′venile-on`set diabe′tes(n.)
Category: Pathology
Ref: See under diabetes mellitus.
Princeton's WordNet
type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes(noun)
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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