type I diabetes
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- noun
- /taɪp aɪ daɪəˈbiːtɪs/
- Specialized
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diabetes tipo I
- Children with type I diabetes require lifelong insulin therapy to control their blood sugar levels.
- insulin-dependent type I diabetes
- type I diabetes and noninsulin-dependent
Examples
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With careful management, a person with type I diabetes can lead a healthy life.
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We found out that my 8-year-old has Type I diabetes 10 weeks ago.
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I was diagnosed five years ago with Type I diabetes.
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Type I diabetes in children was a death sentence.
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Today, a person with type I diabetes has an excellent chance to have a normal lifespan.
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Type I diabetes is a disorder in which there is an ongoing struggle to control the illness without letting it control one's life.
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Insulin-dependent diabetes (type I diabetes) poses special difficulties in attaining a high degree of compliance because of the aversive nature of the medical regimen.
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I was diagnosed with type I diabetes when I was just eight years old.
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 illness in young people whose body cannot make insulin so they need injections
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A long-term condition in which the body cannot control blood sugar levels
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A disease in children and young people where the body cannot control blood sugar and needs insulin
A long-term disease in which the body cannot make insulin and needs injections to control blood sugar
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'type' (kind) + 'I' (a label/number) + 'diabetes' clearly indicates a specific subtype of diabetes, so learners who know the words will understand it refers to a particular kind of diabetes. However, the clinical details implied by the full definition (autoimmune cause, insulin deficiency, typical onset and lifelong insulin therapy) are specialized medical knowledge not predictable from the constituents, and the Roman numeral `I` may not be obvious to all B1 learners, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Type I diabetes gets its name from doctors who divided diabetes into groups and called the first group type I, the form that often starts in childhood. That form is when the body makes little or no insulin, so type I diabetes means the kind of diabetes that needs insulin treatment every day.