Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive discharge of urine and persistent thirst, especially one of the two types of diabetes mellitus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, the name of two different affections, diabetes mellitus, or persistent glucosuria, and diabetes insipidus, or polyuria, both characterized in ordinary cases by an abnormally large discharge of urine. The former is distinguished by the presence of an excessive quantity of sugar in the urine, and to it there is a strong tendency to restrict the name. Light and evanescent grades of glucosuria are not considered as diabetes, and doubtless frequently have an entirely different causation. The disease is chronic and generally fatal. Its essential pathology is unknown. It is not an affection of the kidneys, but depends upon the accumulation of sugar in the blood, or glucohemia. (See
glucosuria .) Diabetes insipidus, or polyuria, is characterized by the discharge of abnormally large quantities of ordinary or watery urine.
Wiktionary
- n. A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
- n. Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) Any of several diseases which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine; when used without qualification, the term usually refers to diabetes mellitus. The most common form is diabetes mellitus, in which the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, and the condition if untreated is generally fatal.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
Etymologies
- From the Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabainō, "to pass through"), via the participle διαβήτης (diabētēs, "passing through"). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English diabete, from Medieval Latin diabētēs, from Latin, from Greek, siphon, diabetes, from diabainein, to cross over, straddle : dia-, dia- + bainein, to go; see gwā- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Bottom line in diabetes is we have to be aggressive early in the disease," Zonszein says.”
Rapid lowering of blood sugar not linked to diabetes patients' deaths
“The word diabetes, from the Greek for “passing through,” indicates that the one and only thing diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus have in common is excessive discharge of urine.”
“Erectile dysfunction in diabetes is due to selective defect in the brain”
“Aretaeus is said to have introduced the term diabetes, though there are some indications of previous references to the term.”
'Diabetes' as described by Byzantine writers from the fourth to the ninth century
“So you have diabetes and you know that you have to follow a diabetic diet, but maybe you have also heard of the term diabetes mellitus pathophysiology and are wondering what it is supposed to mean to you.”
“This gave rise to the name "diabetes," from a Greek word meaning "to pass through.”
“His heroic struggle with diabetes is revelatory and will be inspiring to the audience.”
“The target fasting level for a person with diabetes is 70 to 130 mg/dl.”
“I also learned from cardiovascular surgeon, Robert Chilton, that type 2 diabetes is already a cardiovascular disease with all the risk factors for heart attacks and heart disease.”
The Huffington Post: Riva Greenberg: Type 2 Diabetes Is Also Cardiovascular Disease
“In general, diabetes is part of the aging process as more people lead sedentary lives and forget to change their diet from one of colas, chips and high-fructose snacks.”
The Huffington Post: Robin Wilson: Diabetes: Put Down that Cola and Pick up Celery!
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jwjarvis 1560s, from medical L. diabetes, from late Gk. diabetes "excessive discharge of urine" (so named by Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, 2c.), lit. "a passer-through, siphon," from diabainein "to pass through," from dia- "through" (see dia-) + bainein "to go" (see come). An old native name for it was pissing evil. In classical Greek, diabainein meant "to stand or walk with the legs apart," and diabetes meant "a drafting compass," from the position of the legs.
etymonline.com Nov 18, 2010