diabetes mellitus

短语

n. [医]糖尿病

发音

US /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/

别名

DM

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.

    糖尿病

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

DM

上位词 1

diabetes

下位词 4

adult-onset diabetes IDDM juvenile diabetes NIDDM

词源

Learned borrowing from New Latin diabetes mellitus (“diabetes of the sweet type”) (from the fact that in centuries past, physicians sometimes tasted a patient's urine to help diagnose the illness).

来源：wiktionary