Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
in-sulin-de-pen-den-t -di-a-betes mel-li-tus
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
11
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

type I diabetes IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes

Questions

What does insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?
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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