1. (noun) 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

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

1. (noun) 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

• autoimmune disease
• autoimmune disorder
• diabetes mellitus
• dm