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1. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
   - decimeter [US], decimetre [Brit, Cdn]

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

Derived forms: DMs, dms

Type of: diabetes, metric linear unit

Part of: m, meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: DM