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sugar sickness

sugar sickness noun: diabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.

Noun

sugar sickness (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa, otherwise archaic) Diabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.

Origin of sugar sickness

From sugar + sickness, in reference to type 2 diabetes often being caused by a prolonged high-sugar diet, and that people with diabetes have chronic hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar.

Questions about sugar sickness

What does sugar sickness mean?
Sugar sickness means diabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.
What part of speech is sugar sickness?
Sugar sickness is a noun.

Words near sugar sickness in the dictionary

  1. sugar scoop
  2. sugar scoops
  3. sugar shack
  4. sugar shacks
  5. sugar shanty
  6. sugar sickness
  7. sugar skull
  8. sugar skulls
  9. sugar snap pea
  10. sugar snap peas
  11. sugar soap

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