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Definition of diabetes noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

diabetes

noun
 
/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
 
/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the amount of sugar in the bloodTopics Health problemsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiabetes is used before these nouns:
    • medication
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘siphon’, from diabainein ‘go through’.
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