Definition of Diabetes mellitus

1. Noun. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria. "When doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"


Medical Definition of Diabetes mellitus

1. Relative or absolute lack of insulin leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism. In juvenile onset diabetes (that may be an autoimmune response to pancreatic _ cells) the insulin deficiency tends to be almost total, whereas in adult onset diabetes there seems to be no immunological component but an association with obesity. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diabetes Mellitus

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diabase
diabases
diabasic
diabaterial
diabatic
DiaBeta
diabetes
diabetes
diabetes and fibre
diabetes innocens
diabetes insipidus
diabetes insipidus
diabetes intermittens
diabetes mellitus (current term)
diabetes mellitus (current term)
diabetes related peptide
diabetic
diabetic
diabetical
diabetics
diabetic acidosis
diabetic acidosis
diabetic amyotrophy
diabetic arthropathy
diabetic cataract
diabetic coma
diabetic coma
diabetic dermopathy
diabetic diet

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