English noun: DM |
| 1. | DM (state) diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria |
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| Samples | When doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'.
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| Synonyms | diabetes mellitus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | diabetes |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, autoimmune diabetes, chemical diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, latent diabetes, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type I diabetes, type II diabetes |
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| 2. | dm (quantity) a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter |
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| Synonyms | decimeter, decimetre |
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| Broader (hypernym) | metric linear unit |
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| Part holonym | centimeter, centimetre, cm |
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| Part meronym | m, meter, metre |
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