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Diabetes mellitus Moderate

Diabetes mellitus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria

"when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"

2

A medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
diabetes
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
type I diabetes type II diabetes latent diabetes
Rhyming Words
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