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Noun: diabetes mellitus
  1. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
    "when doctors say 'diabetes' they usually mean 'diabetes mellitus'"
    - DM, sugar diabetes

Type of: diabetes

Encyclopedia: Diabetes mellitus, lipoatrophic Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus, type 2 Diabetes mellitus, type 1