Synonyms for diabetes-mellitus
1. diabetes mellitus (n.)
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
- adult-onset diabetes
- DM
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- type II diabetes
- growth-onset diabetes
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
- latent diabetes
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- juvenile-onset diabetes
- autoimmune diabetes
- NIDDM
- IDDM
- ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
- ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- juvenile diabetes
- ketosis-resistant diabetes
- chemical diabetes
- mature-onset diabetes
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- diabetes
- type I diabetes
- ketosis-prone diabetes
- adult-onset diabetes mellitus
- maturity-onset diabetes
2. diabetes (n.)
a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
