Meaning of Diabetes | Babel Free
ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːzDefinitions
- 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.
- Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
- 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
ગુજરાતી
મધુપ્રમેહ
हिन्दी
मधुमेह
Íslenska
sykursýki
Italiano
diabete
ქართული
დიაბეტი
ಕನ್ನಡ
ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಕಾಯಿಲೆ
한국어
당뇨병
ລາວ
ເບົາຫວານ
Te Reo Māori
mate huka
മലയാളം
പ്രമേഹം
मराठी
मधुमेह
Bahasa Melayu
kencing manis
Polski
cukrzyca
Română
diabet
Русский
диабет
Kiswahili
kisukari
ไทย
เบาหวาน
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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