diabetes en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs/ (UK)
- /ˌdɑɪəˈbiːtiːz/ (Australia)
- [ˌdaɪəˈbiɾɪs] (Canada, US)
- audio Queensland
- [ˌdaɪəˈbiɾiz] (Canada, US)
- /ˌdaɪəˈbitɪs/ (Canada, US)
- /dajaˈbitis/ (Philippines)
- /ˌdaɪəˈbitiz/ (Canada, US)
- /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.
2020 September 7, Ian Sample, The Guardian:
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(humorous, slang, uncountable) Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.
2017 August 6, “The craziest things you have to eat in New York City”, in Silver Stories:
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(uncountable) 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.
A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.
1649, Nicholas Culpeper, The Physical Directory:The lady laboured under a Diabetes, in consequence of having used the waters injudiciously for another complaint; and, that she might not be an impediment to the carriage, by ordering it to halt,as often as she should have occasion to disembogue, she had provided herself with a leathern contrivance […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
Deriveds
I have diabetes · type 1 diabetes · diabetes insipidus · bronze diabetes · prediabetes · diabesity · type 3 diabetes · adult-onset diabetes · sugar diabetes · nondiabetes · gestational diabetes · diabulimia · diabetology · telediabetes · antidiabetes · diabetes mellitus · type 2 diabetes
Descendants
Hyponyms
juvenile diabetes (group of metabolic diseases) · IDDM (group of metabolic diseases) · NIDDM (group of metabolic diseases)
Relateds
Synonyms
DM (group of metabolic diseases) · diabetes mellitus (group of metabolic diseases) · diabeetus (group of metabolic diseases)
Translations (127)
hu diabétesz (A group of metabolic diseases) · cy clefyd siwgr (A group of metabolic diseases) · ta சர்க்கரை நோய் (A group of metabolic diseases) · it diabete (A group of metabolic diseases) · nv atsʼíístah áshįįh łikan nanitʼąʼ silį́į́ʼ (A group of metabolic diseases) · vi tiểu đường (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಡಯಾಬಿಟಿಸ್ (A group of metabolic diseases) · sh дијабетес (A group of metabolic diseases) · grc δίψακος (A group of metabolic diseases) · kw kleves melys (A group of metabolic diseases) · acw السُّكَّر (A group of metabolic diseases) · yue 糖尿病 (A group of metabolic diseases) · ur ذیابیطس (A group of metabolic diseases) · oc diabèti (A group of metabolic diseases) · te షుగర్ (A group of metabolic diseases) · ha ciwon sukari (A group of metabolic diseases) · fi diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · pdt Zockakrankheit (A group of metabolic diseases) · ka დიაბეტი (A group of metabolic diseases) · cmn 糖尿病 (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಕಾಯಿಲೆ (A group of metabolic diseases) · te అతిమూత్రము (A group of metabolic diseases) · nrf diabète (A group of metabolic diseases) · gd tinneas an t-siùcair (A group of metabolic diseases) · sl sladkorna bolezen (A group of metabolic diseases) · de Zuckerkrankheit (A group of metabolic diseases) · ml പ്രമേഹം (A group of metabolic diseases) · nb diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · de Diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · ar سُكَّرِيّ (A group of metabolic diseases) · gu મધુપ્રમેહ (A group of metabolic diseases) · id diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · lo ເບົາຫວານ (A group of metabolic diseases) · pon soumwahu en suke (A group of metabolic diseases) · nrf maladie d'chucre (A group of metabolic diseases) · he סוכרת (A group of metabolic diseases) · to suka (A group of metabolic diseases) · da sukkersyge (A group of metabolic diseases) · pl cukrzyca (A group of metabolic diseases) · el διαβήτης (A group of metabolic diseases) · cs cukrovka (A group of metabolic diseases) · da diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · pt diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · te బహుమూత్రము (A group of metabolic diseases) · mi mate hukatoto (A group of metabolic diseases) · sw kisukari (A group of metabolic diseases) · fa مرض قند (A group of metabolic diseases) · ar دِيَابِيطَا (A group of metabolic diseases) · nl diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಕಾಯಲೆ (A group of metabolic diseases) · cy dibetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · afb سكري (A group of metabolic diseases) · tl diyabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಸಿಹಿಮೂತ್ರ ರೋಗ (A group of metabolic diseases) · ms kencing manis (A group of metabolic diseases) · oc diabèta (A group of metabolic diseases) · he סֻכֶּרֶת (A group of metabolic diseases) · fa بیماری قند (A group of metabolic diseases) · nn sukkersjuke (A group of metabolic diseases) · is sykursýki (A group of metabolic diseases) · th เบาหวาน (A group of metabolic diseases) · ja 糖尿病 (A group of metabolic diseases) · acw سُكَّر (A group of metabolic diseases) · fa دیابت (A group of metabolic diseases) · uk діабе́т (A group of metabolic diseases) · ko 당뇨병 (A group of metabolic diseases) · bi sik blong suga (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ರೋಗ (A group of metabolic diseases) · vo diabet (A group of metabolic diseases) · vi đái tháo đường (A group of metabolic diseases) · sv diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · tpi sik suga (A group of metabolic diseases) · de Zucker (A group of metabolic diseases) · ro diabet (A group of metabolic diseases) · be дыябе́т (A group of metabolic diseases) · es diabetis (A group of metabolic diseases) · ru диабе́т (A group of metabolic diseases) · et suhkurtõbi (A group of metabolic diseases) · gd galar-fuail (A group of metabolic diseases) · pt diabete (A group of metabolic diseases) · gd ruith-fhuail (A group of metabolic diseases) · te ఇక్షుమేహము (A group of metabolic diseases) · tr diyabet (A group of metabolic diseases) · hi मधुमेह (A group of metabolic diseases) · eo diabeto (A group of metabolic diseases) · ajp سُكَّرِيّ (A group of metabolic diseases) · hy դիաբետ (A group of metabolic diseases) · nn diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · id kencing manis (A group of metabolic diseases) · tr şeker hastalığı (A group of metabolic diseases) · sh dijabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · nl suikerziekte (A group of metabolic diseases) · ast diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · ur ذیابیطس شکری (A group of metabolic diseases) · ca diabetis (A group of metabolic diseases) · mi mate huka (A group of metabolic diseases) · scn diabbeti (A group of metabolic diseases) · hy շաքարախտ (A group of metabolic diseases) · ckb شەکرە (A group of metabolic diseases) · tet diabete (A group of metabolic diseases) · el ζάχαρο (A group of metabolic diseases) · mn чихрийн өвчин (A group of metabolic diseases) · kmr şekre (A group of metabolic diseases) · te మధుమేహము (A group of metabolic diseases) · bg диабе́т (A group of metabolic diseases) · hu cukorbaj (A group of metabolic diseases) · es diabetes (A group of metabolic diseases) · kmr şekirmiz (A group of metabolic diseases) · fi sokeritauti (A group of metabolic diseases) · ta நீரிழிவு (A group of metabolic diseases) · ta நீரிழிவு நோய் (A group of metabolic diseases) · es diábetis (A group of metabolic diseases) · oj ziinzibaakwadowaapinewin (A group of metabolic diseases) · gl diabete (A group of metabolic diseases) · mn чихрийн шижин (A group of metabolic diseases) · ug دىابېت (A group of metabolic diseases) · tpi daiabitis (A group of metabolic diseases) · sk cukrovka (A group of metabolic diseases) · fr diabète (A group of metabolic diseases) · ur شوگر (A group of metabolic diseases) · mr मधुमेह (A group of metabolic diseases) · te షుగరు (A group of metabolic diseases) · hu cukorbetegség (A group of metabolic diseases) · kn ಮಧುಮೇಹ (A group of metabolic diseases) · sa मधुमेह (A group of metabolic diseases) · nb sukkersyke (A group of metabolic diseases) · bzj shuga (A group of metabolic diseases)