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Diabetes
diabetes
n. 1 any disorder of the metabolism with excessive thirst and the production of large amounts of urine. 2 (in full diabetes mellitus) the commonest form of diabetes in which sugar and starch are not properly absorbed from the blood, with thirst, emaciation, and excessive excretion of urine with glucose. Phrases and idioms diabetes insipidus a rare metabolic disorder due to a pituitary deficiency, with excessive urination and thirst. Etymology: orig. = siphon: L f. Gk f. diabaino go through
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noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek diabētēs ~ insipidus, from diabainein to walk with the legs apart, cross over Date: 15th century any of various abnormal conditions characterized by the secretion and excretion of excessive amounts of urine ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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