Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

type 1 diabetes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
type- 1 -di-a-betes
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition characterised by a high level of glucose in the blood caused by an insufficiency of insulin.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

T1D (abbreviation) T1DM (abbreviation)

Frequently Paired Words

type 2 diabetes type 3 diabetes

Synonyms

juvenile diabetes

Questions

What does type 1 diabetes mean?
A condition characterised by a high level of glucose in the blood caused by an insufficiency of insulin.

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