About The Word Diabetes
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Diabetes
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What's The Definition Of Diabetes?
[n] any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diabetes: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diabetes: See Also | diabetes insipidus | diabetes mellitus | DM | polydipsia | polygenic disease | polygenic disorder | polyuria Diabetes In Webster's Dictionary \Di`a*be"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass or
cross over. See {Diabase}.] (Med.)
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.
{Diabetes mellitus} [NL., sweet diabetes], that form of
diabetes in which the urine contains saccharine matter.
{Diabetes insipidus} [NL., lit., diabetes], the form of
diabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal
constituent.
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