diabetes mellitus
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- noun
- /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs ˈmɛlɪtəs/
- Specialized
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diabetes mellitus
- The doctor explained that diabetes mellitus requires careful management of blood sugar levels.
- type 1 diabetes mellitus
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- diabetes mellitus and hypertension
Examples
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Male hypogonadism is related to an increase in associated cardiometabolic complications, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.
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Predisposing factors include diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, cirrhosis, and alcoholism.
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None of them had a history of diabetes mellitus or raised blood glucose.
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The treatment of diabetes mellitus in childhood places unique demands on the family.
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Her medical history was significant only for diet-controlled diabetes mellitus.
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Men who had diabetes mellitus or who were awaiting cardiac surgery were excluded.
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Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus was found in 5% of the 4,251 patients.
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A 32-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes mellitus has had progressive renal failure.
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The USDA Foods Information Pyramid will assist you in living much healthier with diabetes mellitus.
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Abstract: Diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease often lead to infections that result in lower extremity amputations.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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A long-term illness that makes blood sugar too high and makes you very thirsty and need to pee often
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A long-term disease where the body cannot control blood sugar
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional label: 'diabetes' (a condition of high blood sugar) qualified by 'mellitus' (relating to sugar), so the combined meaning — diabetes characterized by elevated blood sugar — is directly derivable from the constituents. Although it is a technical Latinized term, if a learner knows both constituent meanings the sense is transparent and predictable.
Etymology
Diabetes mellitus comes from older words: diabetes meant 'to pass through' because people with the condition passed a lot of urine, and mellitus meant 'honey-sweet' because their urine could taste sweet from extra sugar. So the name describes the main problem of the disease, 'high blood sugar'.