diabetes

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UK /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ US /ˌdaɪəˈbitiz/

noun 3

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ADJ.

expensive, overweight, pure

My uncle developed pure diabetes after years of eating unhealthy food and never exercising.

VERB + DIABETES

am, chanted, developing, diagnosed, drinks, gave, got, helps

My doctor said I was developing diabetes and told me to change my diet immediately.

DIABETES + NOUN

continuall, day, disease, friends, heart, u

My father was diagnosed with diabetes disease last year and now watches his diet carefully.

PREP.

from, in, on, with

My grandmother was diagnosed with diabetes ten years ago.

ADV.

globally, inwardly

Diabetes is a health problem that affects millions of people globally.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

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.

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 […].

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Idioms & Phrases

I have diabetes

Indicates that the speaker has diabetes.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.

Wiktionary

A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.

Wiktionary

I have diabetes.

Tatoeba · #280075

He was watchful for any sign of diabetes.

Tatoeba · #301974

The number of people with diabetes is rising globally.

Tatoeba · #749781

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, diabetes is marked as slang, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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