1. autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, iddm, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type i 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

Synonyms

• autoimmune diabetes
• growth-onset diabetes
• insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• juvenile diabetes
• juvenile-onset diabetes
• ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
• ketosis-prone diabetes
• type i diabetes