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. Kristen Knutson:

   People with diabetes who slept badly were 12 % more likely to die over a nine-year followup period than people with diabetes who slept without frequent sleep disturbances.

2. Peter Maurer:

   If you look at Yemen, Syria, Iraq and beyond, thousands will remain with life-threatening illnesses if they are not able to receive essential medical supplies such as insulin to treat diabetes.

3. Stuart Weiss:

   We always talk about diabetes and diabetes control being about diet and exercise, but we end up prescribing a lot of medications and don’t really focus that much on diet and exercise because that’s not easy.

4. Molly Dugan:

   We focus on things that address chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes and prevention of falls.

5. Raphael Warnock:

   My opponent said people just need to eat right. That's what he said. I'm only telling you what he said. He's running for Senate, and he doesn't know that you can eat right and still have diabetes.