DIABETES MELLITUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diabetes mellitus mean? 

• DIABETES MELLITUS (noun)
  The noun DIABETES MELLITUS has 1 sense:

1. diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria

  Familiarity information: DIABETES MELLITUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIABETES MELLITUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

diabetes mellitus; DM

Context example:

when doctors say 'diabetes' they usually mean 'diabetes mellitus'

Hypernyms ("diabetes mellitus" is a kind of...):

diabetes (a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diabetes mellitus"):

autoimmune diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; IDDM; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; juvenile-onset diabetes; juvenile diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; type I diabetes (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)

adult-onset diabetes; adult-onset diabetes mellitus; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; ketosis-resistant diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; mature-onset diabetes; maturity-onset diabetes; maturity-onset diabetes mellitus; NIDDM; non-insulin-dependent diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type II diabetes (mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin)

chemical diabetes; latent diabetes (a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures)

 Context examples 

Mutation of the gene is associated with both maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 6 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

(NEUROD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The permanent diabetes mellitus does not disappear and is caused by mutations in the KCNJ11, GCK, and IPF1 genes.

(Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

(ADIPOQ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Progressive kidney disorder caused by vascular damage to the glomerular capillaries, in patients with diabetes mellitus.

(Diabetic Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, and adrenal gland insufficiency.

(Non-Neoplastic Endocrine Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, and adrenal gland insufficiency.

(Endocrine Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include diabetes mellitus and neuroendocrine neoplasms.

(Endocrine Pancreas Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus (a condition in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood).

(Metformin, NCI Dictionary)

People with metabolic syndrome X are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus and diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

(metabolic syndrome X, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus (a condition in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood ).

(Glucophage, NCI Dictionary)