noun
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
• Syn:
↑type I diabetes, ↑insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, ↑juvenile-onset diabetes, ↑juvenile diabetes, ↑growth-onset diabetes, ↑ketosis-prone diabetes, ↑ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ↑autoimmune diabetes
• Hypernyms: ↑diabetes mellitus, ↑DM, ↑autoimmune disease, ↑autoimmune disorder
• Part Meronyms: ↑ketoacidosis, ↑diabetic acidosis
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abbreviationinsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus herein
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IDDM (no periods), insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.