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diabetes
[ dahy-uh-bee-tis, -teez ]
noun
- any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- Also called di·a·be·tes mel·li·tus [mel, -i-t, uh, s, m, uh, -, lahy, -]. a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, usually occurring in genetically predisposed individuals, characterized by inadequate production or utilization of insulin and resulting in excessive amounts of glucose in the blood and urine, excessive thirst, weight loss, and in some cases progressive destruction of small blood vessels leading to such complications as infections and gangrene of the limbs or blindness.
- Also called di·a·be·tes in·sip·i·dus [in-, sip, -i-d, uh, s]. increased urine production caused by inadequate secretion of vasopressin by the pituitary gland.
diabetes
/ -tiːz; ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs /
noun
- any of various disorders, esp diabetes mellitus, characterized by excretion of an abnormally large amount of urine
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diabetes1
Example Sentences
Still, many of the foods that these dyes are in are ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to chronic illness like diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
NHS Wales spends £1 out of every £10 they have on diabetes, for instance, yet "most Type 2 diabetes cases are preventable" with healthy eating and exercise.
"In that category of so-called natural causes deaths are 30 and 40-year-olds who are dying from things like heart attacks or from diabetes or epilepsy," said Prof Armstrong.
He fell into a coma on 2 December 1912, and died of complications from diabetes two days later.
Exercise in general has been shown to improve depression and reduce the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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