diabetes
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
Noun 2 meanings
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.
Etymology
From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).
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DIABETES at a glance
DIABETES has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + B 3 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + S 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,318 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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