Synonyms for diabetes
ˌdaɪ əˈbi tɪs, -tizdi·a·betes

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1. diabetesnoun

   A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

   Synonyms:
   diabetes mellitus, DM

Princeton's WordNet

1. diabetesnoun

   a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

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1. • Polygenic Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "diabetes":

   diabetic, diabetics, sugar

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1. Danny Chou:

   We hope that smart insulin could reduce the burden for people with diabetes by decreasing the frequency of insulin injections and help them better manage blood glucose profiles to prevent short and long-term complications.

2. Rebecca Calloway:

   It turned out that she had undiagnosed type 1 diabetes.

3. Peter Katzmarzyk:

   The results show that even after Mark Hamer account for the physical activity levels of these people, the amount of time that is spent being sedentary is positively associated with diabetes risk, even in people who are physically active, the level of sedentary behavior is an important behavior to modify.

4. Robert Gabbay:

   We already are challenged to care for all of the people with diabetes that currently exist. The last thing we need is increasing the numbers.

5. William Schaffner:

   People under 60 with underlying illnesses, with diabetes, heart disease, immunocompromised or have any kind of lung disease previously, those people are more vulnerable despite their younger age.