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Noun: diabetic coma
  1. Coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus
    "The patient fell into diabetic coma due to severely high blood sugar";
    - Kussmaul's coma

Derived forms: diabetic comas

Type of: coma, comatoseness

Encyclopedia: Diabetic coma