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Meaning of diabetes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[di.aˈbeː.teːs]

Definitions

a siphon

declension-1

Equivalents

English Diabetes

Examples

“Naturali enim spiritu omne alimentum virentis, quasi quaedam anima, per medullam trunci veluti per siphonem quem diabeten vocant mechanici, trahitur in summum: […]”

For by natural respiration all the nourishment of a green plant is drawn, as a sort of vital breath, into the highest point, passing through the pith of the stem as though through a siphon, which mechanics call diabetes; […]

CEFR level

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