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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

autoimmune diabetesgrowth-onset diabetesinsulin-dependent diabetes mellitusjuvenile diabetesjuvenile-onset diabetesketoacidosis-prone diabetes

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