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  • 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)
  • ketosis-resistant diabetes 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
  • latent diabetes a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures
  • diabetes mellitus diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
  • juvenile-onset diabetes 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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