diabetes mellitus

/məˈlaɪtəs/

Definitions of diabetes mellitus

1. noun

   diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
   “when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'”

   synonyms: DM

   types:

   IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset 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

   NIDDM, 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, 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

   type 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