diabetes
- 1A long-term illness where the body has too much sugar in the blood because it cannot make or use insulin well.
Like a door that won't open, so sugar stays stuck in the blood instead of feeding the body.
Her grandmother has diabetes and checks her blood sugar every day.
Many people with diabetes have to watch how much sugar they eat.
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- 2A condition where the body makes too much urine because it cannot control its water balance well.
Like a faucet that won't shut off, so the body keeps losing water.
The vet found that the dog's diabetes was the kind causing constant thirst and heavy urination, not high blood sugar.
After surgery near the pituitary gland, she developed diabetes and could not stop passing large amounts of urine.
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- 3A joking name for food or drinks that have a lot of sugar.
That milkshake is basically diabetes in a cup.
He looked at the giant frosted cake and said, "That's pure diabetes."
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Origin
From a Greek word meaning "to pass through," through Latin where it meant "siphon."