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sugar diabetes

sugar diabetes noun: diabetes mellitus.

Noun

sugar diabetes (uncountable)

  1. (dated, informal) Diabetes mellitus.
    • In February, 1861, I was afflicted with the sugar diabetes.1862, "A Good Deed Requires No Praise" (classified ad), New York Times, Jun. 18, p. 5
    • In the Southwest there are some 35 curanderos like Mr. Cruz, who says he has treated with success patients with arthritis and sugar diabetes.1972 May 21, “A Medicine Man Heard at Parley”, in New York Times, page 21

Questions about sugar diabetes

What does sugar diabetes mean?
Sugar diabetes means diabetes mellitus.
What part of speech is sugar diabetes?
Sugar diabetes is a noun.

Words near sugar diabetes in the dictionary

  1. sugar cube
  2. sugar cubes
  3. sugar daddies
  4. sugar daddy
  5. sugar dating
  6. sugar diabetes
  7. sugar down
  8. Sugar Feast
  9. sugar glass
  10. sugar glasses
  11. sugar glider

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