- 1. n. A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal. Source: opted
- 2. 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 Source: wordnet
- 3. A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal. Diabetes mellitus Etym: [NL., sweet diabetes], that form of diabetes in which the urine contains saccharine matter. -- Diabetes insipidus Etym: [NL., lit., diabetes], the form of diabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent. Source: webster
- 4. A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessivedischarge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increasedin quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case thedisease is generally fatal. Diabetes mellitus Etym: [NL., sweetdiabetes], that form of diabetes in which the urine containssaccharine matter.-- Diabetes insipidus Etym: [NL., lit., diabetes], the form ofdiabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 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 Source: ecdict
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