Definition that contains betes
- diabetic someone who has diabetes
- diabetic suffering from diabetes
- diabetic of or relating to or causing diabetes
- dm diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- diuresis increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
- banting Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
- glucose tolerance test test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus
- niddm mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
- diabetic acidosis acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
- bronzed diabetes pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints