diabetes

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs, SAMPA: /%daI@"bi:ti:z/

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabainō, “to pass through”), via the participle διαβήτης (diabētēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.

Noun

diabetes (uncountable)

1. The inability of the body to produce, or the inability to metabolize, the human hormone insulin.
2. Diabetes insipidus, usually a disorder of the pituitary gland, leading to a form of type II diabetes.

Synonyms

• (problem with insulin): diabetes mellitus, DM

Derived terms

• diabesity
• diabetes mellitus
• diabetes insipidus

Related terms

• diabetic

Hyponyms

(problem with insulin): IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

Translations

problem with insulin

Armenian: դիաբետ (hy) (diabet), շաքարախտ (hy) (šak’araxt) Catalan: diabetis (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 糖尿病 (cmn) (tángniàobìng) Czech: cukrovka (cs) f. Dutch: diabetes (nl) m., suikerziekte (nl) Finnish: diabetes (fi), sokeritauti (fi) French: diabète (fr) m. Greek: διαβήτης (el) (diavítis) m. Hebrew: סכרת (he) Italian: diabete (it) m. Japanese: 糖尿病 (ja) とうにょうびょう, (tōnyōbyō)

Korean: 당뇨병 (ko) (dangnyobyeong) Polish: cukrzyca (pl) f. Portuguese: diabetes (pt) m. and f., diabete (pt) m. and f. Romanian: diabet (ro) Russian: диабет (ru) (diab'ét) m. Scottish Gaelic: tinneas an t-siùcair (gd) m., galar-fuail (gd) m., ruith-fhuail (gd) f. Slovak: cukrovka (sk) f. Spanish: diabetes (es) f. Turkish: diyabet (tr), şeker hastalığı (tr) Vietnamese: đái tháo đường

diabetes insipidus — see diabetes insipidus

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

German: Diabetes (de) f., Zuckerkrankheit (de) f. Hebrew: סוכרת (sukeret) f. Icelandic: sykursýki (is) f.

Anagrams

• beadiest

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

diabetes m. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diabeet

---

Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes
• Often pronounced IPA: /ˈdiɑˌbeːtːes/.
• IPA: /ˈdiɑˌbetes/ would be consistent with the spelling, and thus perceived as more correct by some.

Noun

diabetes

1. diabetes (type I)
2. diabetes (type II)

Declension

Declension of diabetes (type vastaus) singular plural nominative diabetes diabetekset genitive diabeteksen diabetesten diabeteksien partitive diabetesta diabeteksia accusative diabetes diabeteksen diabetekset inessive diabeteksessa diabeteksissa elative diabeteksesta diabeteksista illative diabetekseen diabeteksiin adessive diabeteksella diabeteksilla ablative diabetekselta diabeteksilta allative diabetekselle diabeteksille essive diabeteksena diabeteksina translative diabetekseksi diabeteksiksi instructive – diabeteksin abessive diabeteksetta diabeteksitta comitative – diabeteksineen

Synonyms

• sokeritauti (ambiguous)
• nuoruusiän diabetes (type I)
• aikuisdiabetes (type II)

Derived terms

• diabeetikko

---

Spanish

Noun

diabetes f. (plural diabetes)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diabético