diabetic
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/
:
diabético
- Blood glucose control reduces the risk for diabetic retinopathy and slows progression in patients with the condition.
- diabetic patients
- diabetic children
- diabetic control
And she asked me if I was diabetic and I said no.
- And she asked me if I was diabetic and I said no.
- These diabetic recipes will never help you lose fat.
- A third of the country is pre diabetic.
- I was in Steel Magnolias as Shelby and my diabetic seizure was so convincing someone tried to stop the play.
- And that because many people are overweight or they have diabetes, that impairs blood flow to the area where a diabetic wound becomes resistant to healing.
- What's bad about sugar for the pro inflammatory, which what is that it makes you diabetic.
- It's been a very exciting development for the diabetes field, this new class of, of, of anti diabetic drugs.
- People became diabetic over the course of, of, of this this study, People gained weights.
- Kind of like with the integrity of a diabetic sock.
Examples
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A quarter of children with Type 1 diabetes are already in diabetic ketoacidosis by the time they are diagnosed.
Academic text (2012) -
Before we initiated this approach, diabetic foot care had been random and fragmented.
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This is a diabetic kit for myself, which basically helps me find out where my blood sugar is.
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One of the girls is diabetic.
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The hardest thing of all about it was that I was diabetic and taking insulin.
Fiction book (1997) -
These are now approved by the FDA for patients with burns and diabetic skin ulcers.
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Five of the patients had diabetic neuropathy, and the sixth had a neuropathy of unknown origin.
Academic text (1994) -
Prompt diagnosis and treatment of Type 1 diabetes can prevent the development of life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis.
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A diabetic meal plan includes foods that help manage blood sugar levels.
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Since her doctor confirmed she is diabetic, she has been monitoring her diet closely.
Compounds
- Specialized
2
5.0
A state of unconsciousness when blood sugar is very high or very low in a person with diabetes
- Specialized
1
5.3
Damage to blood vessels at the back of the eye caused by long-term high blood sugar in people with diabetes
- Specialized
A serious condition when diabetes causes too much acid and chemicals called ketones in the body
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Etymology
Diabetic comes from the older medical word diabetes, built from the Greek part dia- meaning 'through', because doctors saw that people with the disease often had sugar that seemed to 'pass through' into their urine. So diabetic means 'relating to or affected by diabetes'.