Meaning of DIABETES
| Pronunciation: | | `dIu'beetis
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst |
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| | See Also: | | diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, DM, polydipsia, polygenic disease, polygenic disorder, polyuria | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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- A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin, a hormone essential for the transport of glucose to cells.
- failure of the body to produce insulin, which controls sugar metabolism; has a complex genetic basis influenced by environmental factors.
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