diabetes mellitus
/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
diabetes mellitus noun: a medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
Noun
diabetes mellitus (uncountable)
- A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
- Patients initially may seek medical attention for diabetes mellitus, which becomes clinically manifest a few years after the onset of pancreatalgia.2018, Isidor Segal, Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges, page 98
- Synonyms:
- sugar diabetes
diabetes mellitus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
diabetes mellitus in Hindi
- medical disorder
- मधुमेह madhumeh
diabetes mellitus in Tamil
- சர்க்கரை நோய், நீரிழிவு நோய், சர்க்கர நோய், மதுமேக நீரிழிவு, வெல்லமுள்ளநீரிழிவு, மது நீரிழிவு
diabetes mellitus in Marathi
- medical disorder
- मधुमेह madhumeh
diabetes mellitus in Urdu
- medical disorder
- ذیابیطس شکری ziyābītas-e-śakrī, ذیابیطس ziyābītas, شوگر śugar
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- diabetes mellitus in Bengali
- বহুমূত্র রোগ bohumutro rōg
- diabetes mellitus in Telugu
- మధుమేహము madhumēhamu
- diabetes mellitus in Malayalam
- പ്രമേഹം pramēhaṁ
- diabetes mellitus in Kannada
- ಮಧುಮೇಹ madhumēha
- diabetes mellitus in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ਰੋਗ śakkar rog, ਮਧੂਮੇਹ madhūmeh
- diabetes mellitus in Gujarati
- મધુપ્રમેહ madhuprameh
- diabetes mellitus in Odia
- ମଧୁମେହ madhumeha
- diabetes mellitus in Sanskrit
- मधुमेह madhumeha
- diabetes mellitus in Sinhala
- දියවැඩියාව diyawæḍiyāwa
- diabetes mellitus in Assamese
- মধুমেহ modhumeh, বহুমূত্ৰ ৰোগ bohumutro rüg
- diabetes mellitus in Nepali
- मधुमेह madhumeha
- diabetes mellitus in Arabic
- مرض السكر
- diabetes mellitus in Indonesian
- diabetes melitus, penyakit gula, kencing manis
- diabetes mellitus in Myanmar
- ဆီးချိုရောဂါ hci:hkyuirau:ga
- Dhivehi
- ހަކުރު ބަލި hakuru bali
Synonyms of diabetes mellitus
Origin of diabetes mellitus
Learned borrowing from New Latin diabetes mellitus (“diabetes of the sweet type”) (from the fact that in centuries past, physicians sometimes tasted a patient's urine to help diagnose the illness).
Questions about diabetes mellitus
- What does diabetes mellitus mean?
- Diabetes mellitus means a medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
- What is diabetes mellitus in Hindi?
- Diabetes mellitus in Hindi is मधुमेह (madhumeh). See Diabetes mellitus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diabetes mellitus?
- Diabetes mellitus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diabetes mellitus?
- Diabetes mellitus is pronounced /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/.
Words near diabetes mellitus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diabetes mellitus (page history and authors); diabetes mellitus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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