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Diabetes

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Noun

1. diabetes

a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Diabetes

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noun
any of various disorders, esp diabetes mellitus, characterized by excretion of an abnormally large amount of urine

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Diabetes

see synonyms of diabetes
noun
any of various diseases characterized by an excessive discharge of urine; esp., diabetes mellitus

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Diabetes

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n.
1. Any of a group of diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels caused by insufficient production of insulin, impaired response to insulin, or both, especially:
a. Type 1 diabetes.
b. Type 2 diabetes.
c. Gestational diabetes. In all subsenses also called diabetes mellitus.
2. See diabetes insipidus.

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