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DM

DM

1 3.7
A long-term disease where the body cannot control blood sugar
  • noun
  • /diː ɛm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : DM
  • Many people with DM need to monitor their blood sugar levels regularly.

Examples

  • Patients with DM often experience excessive urination and increased thirst.

  • Chin et al. showed that DM has an independent association with a poor vaccination response rate.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Other findings in this study included the fact that DM was not a significant predictor of nonresponse in HD patients.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The association between hepatitis C and DM has been substantiated by numerous studies in the past two decades and represents a two-way association.

    Academic text (2016)

  • In 2015, the number of children with T1DM exceeded half a million for the first time (International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 2014).

    Academic text (2016)

  • Al-Hussaini et al. (2014) found that 8 patients with T1DM had high ANA titers without ASMA positivity or clinical or biochemical evidence of liver dysfunction.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Living with DM requires careful management of diet and insulin intake.

Synonyms

diabetes
vsDM
  • Specialized
9 3.0

A long-term illness that makes blood sugar too high and makes you very thirsty and need to pee often

focuses on the insulin deficiency cause rather than general high blood sugar
diabetes mellitus
vsDM
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A long-term condition in which the body cannot control blood sugar levels

is the short medical abbreviation used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

DM singular
DMs plural

Morphology

DM = diabetes + mellitus (opaque) = D + M

The letters 'D' and 'M' are an abbreviation; learners cannot derive the medical meaning from the letters alone without knowing the expanded term.

Etymology

DM stands for diabetes mellitus, where diabetes comes from words meaning 'passing through' because the illness causes a lot of urine, and mellitus means 'honey' because the urine was once found to taste sweet. So DM is the short medical name for the condition with high blood sugar and frequent urination.