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English noun: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

1. insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (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


Synonymsautoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes


Broader (hypernym)autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, diabetes mellitus, DM


Part holonymdiabetic acidosis, ketoacidosis









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