English noun: juvenile-onset diabetes |
1. | juvenile-onset diabetes (state) 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 |
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| Synonyms | autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes |
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| Broader (hypernym) | autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, diabetes mellitus, DM |
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| Part holonym | diabetic acidosis, ketoacidosis |
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