Synonyms for diabetes
ˌdaɪ əˈbi tɪs, -tizdi·a·betes

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1. diabetesnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   diabetes mellitus, DM

Princeton's WordNet

1. diabetesnoun

   a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

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1. • Polygenic Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "diabetes":

   diabetic, diabetics, sugar

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1. Mikael Norman:

   Sedentary lifestyle, fast food and smoking will add to the risk of having a cardiac event or diabetes.

2. William Schaffner:

   Your case could be mild, but you could give it to Aunt Susie, who's got diabetes, and Aunt Susie may wind up being much more seriously ill.

3. Jack Der-Sarkissian:

   Beyond cancer risk, smoking contributes to lung disease, heart disease and diabetes. The study shows that even minimal smoking -- from one to 14 cigarettes a day -- is associated with increased death due to cancer and heart disease.

4. Catherine Falconer:

   Type 2 diabetes is commonly associated with an obesogenic lifestyle, including low levels of physical activity. For some people with type 2 diabetes, mobility issues may prevent them from achieving sufficient physical activity, but for others it may be a result of behavior and environmental factors.

5. Stanley Hazen:

   Erythritol looks like sugar, it tastes like sugar and you can bake with it, it’s become the sweetheart of the food industry, an extremely popular additive to keto and other low-carb products and foods marketed to people with diabetes.