insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- noun
- /ˈɪnsəlin dɪˈpɛndənt daɪəˈbiːtɪs ˈmɛlɪtəs/
- Archaic
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diabetes mellitus tipo 1
- The cause of the decrease in the NMC rate in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is not known, but there is speculation that it may be attributable to the decrease in ATPase activity.
Examples
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Epidemiological and ecological investigations suggest that early infant nutrition, particularly drinking cow's milk, may induce autoimmunity leading to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). 1-4
Academic text (1999) -
We studied 32 nonsmoking patients, 15 males and 17 females, aged 7 to 65 (mean: 35), who had insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Academic text (1999) -
This article examines the relationships among family stress, family capabilities, and the health status of 53 children diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Academic text (1993) -
Many children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus need to monitor their blood sugar levels throughout the day.
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After being diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, she learned how to manage her condition with regular insulin injections.
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The doctor explained how insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus affects the body's ability to produce insulin and regulate blood sugar.
Synonyms
2
3.2
A long term illness in young people whose body cannot make insulin so they need injections
1
3.5
A long-term condition in which the body makes little or no insulin and people must take insulin injections
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4.1
A disease in children and young people where the body cannot control blood sugar and needs insulin
A form of diabetes that needs regular insulin injections
A type of diabetes when the body's immune system destroys insulin-producing cells, so people need insulin
Antonyms
A long illness in adults that causes high blood sugar and usually does not need insulin injections
How Insulin-Dependent
- Archaic
- Specialized
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3.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
insulin-dependent + diabetes + mellitus
The term is fully compositional: 'insulin-dependent' (requiring insulin) modifies 'diabetes' (a high-blood-sugar condition) and 'mellitus' specifies the sugar-related form, so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it means diabetes that requires insulin treatment. This follows a regular modifier+headword medical naming pattern (and has parallels in other languages), making the meaning transparent to learners who know the parts.
Etymology
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is a medical name that tells the problem: insulin-dependent means the body 'depends on' insulin because it cannot make enough, and diabetes mellitus was an old name for the illness where extra sugar appears in the urine and 'mellitus' meant 'sweet'. So the whole phrase means a form of diabetes that needs regular insulin injections to control blood sugar.