juvenile diabetes
English
Noun
juvenile diabetes (uncountable)
- The disease whose main symptom is that the body does not produce insulin.
Usage notes
- This term is increasingly rare, in favor of the type 1 synonyms listed below.
Synonyms
- type 1 diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus type 1, type 1 DM
- type 1 diabetes, type I diabetes
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM
- juvenile-onset diabetes
- juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus
Hypernyms
- diabetes
- diabetes mellitus
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