Definition of Diabetes mellitus. Meaning of Diabetes mellitus. Synonyms of Diabetes mellitus

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Definition of Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Di`a*be"tes, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass or cross over. See Diabase.] (Med.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal. Diabetes mellitus [NL., sweet diabetes], that form of diabetes in which the urine contains saccharine matter. Diabetes insipidus [NL., lit., diabetes], the form of diabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent.

Meaning of Diabetes mellitus from wikipedia

- Diabetes mellitus, also known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes...
- Type 2 diabetes (T2D), formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance...
- resulting in an acquired form of Type 1 diabetes known as pancreatogenic diabetes mellitus. This type of diabetes is most often seen in patients that undergo...
- possibility that a woman may have previously undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, or may have developed diabetes coincidentally with pregnancy. Whether symptoms subside...
- emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose (unconscious) because of one of the acute complications of diabetes: Severe diabetic hypoglycemia...
- diabetes or a predisposition to the disorder.[citation needed] In diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia is usually caused by low insulin levels (diabetes mellitus...
- Drugs used in diabetes treat types of diabetes mellitus by decreasing glucose levels in the blood. With the exception of insulin, most GLP-1 receptor...
- and the fluid deprivation test. Despite the name, diabetes insipidus is unrelated to diabetes mellitus and the conditions have a distinct mechanism, though...
- [citation needed] Although they share part of their names, diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus are two separate conditions. Both cause excessive...
- levels of BG in a person with diabetes mellitus. Much evidence suggests that many of the long-term complications of diabetes, result from many years of hyperglycemia...