diabetic

See also: diabètic

English

Etymology

From diabetes +‎ -ic. Doublet of diabatic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈbɛtɪk/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/, [ˌdaɪəˈbɛɾɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɑɪəˈbetɪk/, [dɑɪəˈbeɾɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

diabetic (comparative more diabetic, superlative most diabetic)

1. Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic complications

   the diabetic foot

2. Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic patients (patients with diabetes)

   He turned diabetic in his thirties.

3. Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic socks

   • 2002, Mabel Cavaiani, The New Diabetic Cookbook, Fifth Edition, page 347:

     I also have learned to slip a couple of my diabetic cookies in my purse […] and take them along with me when we are invited out for afternoon coffee.

Derived terms

• antidiabetic
• diabetically
• diabetic bearded woman syndrome
• diabetic cheiroarthropathy
• diabetic crisis
• diabetic embryopathy
• diabetic ketoacidosis
• diabetic sock
• diabetic stiff hand syndrome
• nondiabetic
• prediabetic
• prodiabetic

Translations

of diabetes

• Catalan: diabètic (ca)
• Finnish: sokeritaudin (fi), sokeritautiin liittyvä
• French: diabétique (fr)
• Galician: diabético
• German: Diabetiker-
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

• Polish: cukrzycowy (pl)
• Portuguese: diabético (pt)
• Romanian: diabetic (ro)
• Spanish: diabético (es), diabetológico
• Swedish: diabetisk (sv)
• Volapük: diabetik

having diabetes

• Catalan: diabètic (ca)
• Finnish: sokeritautinen (fi)
• French: diabétique (fr)
• Galician: diabético
• German: zuckerkrank (de)
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Hebrew: סוכרתי m (sukarti), סוכרתית f (sukartit)
• Hungarian: cukorbeteg (hu), cukorbajos (hu), diabéteszes
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

• Polish: diabetyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diabético (pt)
• Romanian: diabetic (ro)
• Spanish: diabético (es)
• Swedish: diabetisk (sv), sockersjuk (sv)
• Tagalog: diyabetiko

suitable for one having diabetes mellitus

• Dutch: diabetisch (nl)
• Finnish: diabeetikoille sopiva
• French: diabétique (fr)
• Galician: diabético
• German: diabetisch (de)
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

Noun

diabetic (plural diabetics)

1. A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.

Translations

person suffering from diabetes mellitus

• Catalan: diabètic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖尿病患者 (tángniàobìnghuànzhě), 患糖尿病者 (huàntángniàobìngzhě)

• Czech: diabetik (cs) m
• Danish: diabetiker (da) c
• Finnish: sokeritautinen (fi), diabeetikko (fi), sokeritautipotilas
• French: diabétique (fr)
• Galician: diabético
• German: Diabetiker (de) m, Diabetikerin (de) f
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Hungarian: cukorbeteg (hu), cukros (hu)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetiker m

  Nynorsk: diabetikar m

• Portuguese: diabético (pt) m
• Russian: диабе́тик (ru) m (diabétik)
• Spanish: diabético (es) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) diabetan, (♂) hidiabetan, (♀) jidiabetan

Interlingua

Adjective

diabetic (not comparable)

1. diabetic

Related terms

• diabete

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diabétique. By surface analysis, diabet +‎ -ic.

Adjective

diabetic m or n (feminine singular diabetică, masculine plural diabetici, feminine/neuter plural diabetice)

1. diabetic

Declension

Declension of diabetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	diabetic		diabetică	diabetici	diabetice
	definite	diabeticul		diabetica	diabeticii	diabeticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	diabetic		diabetice	diabetici	diabetice
	definite	diabeticului		diabeticei	diabeticilor	diabeticelor

Noun

diabetic m (plural diabetici, feminine equivalent diabetică)

1. diabetic

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diabetic	diabeticul	diabetici	diabeticii
genitive-dative	diabetic	diabeticului	diabetici	diabeticilor
vocative	diabeticule		diabeticilor