Diabetes

  • 21Diabetes UK — Patient UK Redirects here. For the online medical resource, see Patient UK. Diabetes UK Type Charity Founded 1934 Headquarters …

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  • 22Diabetes — (Del lat. diabetes < gr. diabetes.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 MEDICINA Afección causada por un desorden de nutrición y caracterizada por una excesiva secreción de orina y sed intensa: ■ diabetes renal, diabetes sacarina. IRREG. plural diabetes ► …

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  • 23diabetes — /duy euh bee tis, teez/, n. Pathol. 1. any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production. 2. Also called diabetes mellitus /mel i teuhs, meuh luy /. a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, usually occurring in genetically… …

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  • 24diabetes — di·a·be·tes (dī′ə bē’tĭs, tēz) n. 1) Diabetes mellitus. 2) Diabetes insipidus. ╂ [Middle English diabete, from Medieval Latin diabētēs, from Latin, from Greek, siphon, diabetes, from diabainein, to cross over, straddle : dia , dia + bainein, to… …

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  • 25Diabetes — Dia|be̱tes [aus gr. διαβητης = Harnruhr (eigtl. = die Beine spreizend)] m; : Durchgang, Durchfluß, Harnruhr; oft Kurzbezeichnung für: Diabetes mellitus. Dia|be̱tes deci̱piens [...i änß; zu lat. decipere = täuschen, irreführen]: Zuckerharnruhr,… …

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  • 26diabetes — /daɪəˈbitiz / (say duyuh beeteez) noun 1. Also, diabetes mellitus. a disease in which the production of insulin in the pancreas is impaired (type 1 diabetes), or the body s ability to use the insulin produced is impaired (type 2 diabetes); sugar… …

  • 27diabetes — Either d. insipidus or d. mellitus, diseases having in common the symptom polyuria; when used without qualification, refers to d. mellitus. [G. d., a compass, a siphon, d.] adult onset d. non insulin dependent d. mellitus. alimentary d. SYN:… …

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  • 28diabetes — {{#}}{{LM D13281}}{{〓}} {{[}}diabetes{{]}} ‹dia·be·tes› {{◆}}(pl. diabetes){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Enfermedad que se caracteriza por un alto nivel de glucosa en la sangre: • Hay un tipo de diabetes causada por insuficiente secreción de insulina… …

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  • 29diabetes —    Properly diabetes mellitus, it is a disease characterized by high blood sugar levels and sugar in the urine. Diabetes is really several disorders, generally broken down into juvenile onset and adult onset. The first, currently called insulin… …

    Herbal-medical glossary

  • 30diabetes — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek diabētēs diabetes insipidus, from diabainein to walk with the legs apart, cross over Date: 15th century any of various abnormal conditions characterized by the secretion and excretion of excessive amounts of… …

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