diabetes mellitus

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from New Latin diabetes mellitus (diabetes of the sweet type) (from the fact that in centuries past, physicians sometimes tasted a patient's urine to help diagnose the illness).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs/ + IPA(key): /ˌməˈlaɪtəs/, /ˈmɛlɨtəs/ (the first-listed forms of each are the ones more commonly used)
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Noun[edit]

diabetes mellitus (uncountable)

  1. A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating.
    Coordinate term: diabetes insipidus
    • 2018, Isidor Segal, Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges, page 98:
      Patients initially may seek medical attention for diabetes mellitus, which becomes clinically manifest a few years after the onset of pancreatalgia.

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Noun[edit]

diabetes mellitus f (uncountable)

  1. diabetes mellitus

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