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growth-onset diabetes

DEFINITIONS OF: growth-onset diabetes

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n 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

Synonyms:
IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes
Type of:
DM, diabetes mellitus
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder
any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
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