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Meaning of Diabetes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz

Definitions

  1. Diabetes mellitus; any of 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.
  2. Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
  3. Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.

Equivalents

Català diabetis
Čeština cukrovka
Dansk sukkersyge
Esperanto diabeto
Español diabetes diábetis
Français diabète diabètes
ગુજરાતી મધુપ્રમેહ
हिन्दी मधुमेह
Íslenska sykursýki
Italiano diabete
ქართული დიაბეტი
한국어 당뇨병
Te Reo Māori mate huka
മലയാളം പ്രമേഹം
मराठी मधुमेह
Bahasa Melayu kencing manis
Nederlands diabetes suikerziekte
Polski cukrzyca
Português diabete diabetes
Română diabet
Русский диабет
Kiswahili kisukari
Tagalog diyabetes
ئۇيغۇرچە دىابېت
Українська діабет

Examples

“In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.”
“This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.”
“A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.”
“The lady laboured under a Diabetes, in consequence of having used the waters injudiciously for another complaint; and, that she might not be an impediment to the carriage, by ordering it to halt,as often as she should have occasion to disembogue, she had provided herself with a leathern contrivance […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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