diabetes
noun/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
[uncountable]- a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the amount of sugar in the bloodTopics Health problemsb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiabetes is used before these nouns:
- medication
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘siphon’, from diabainein ‘go through’.Definitions on the go
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