juvenile_diabetes | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,genetics,immunology) 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 | |
Synonyms: | Type_I_diabetes juvenile-onset_diabetes autoimmune_diabetes growth-onset_diabetes iddm insulin-dependent_diabetes_mellitus ketoacidosis-prone_diabetes ketosis-prone_diabetes ketoacidosis_prone_diabetes | |
Related terms: | diabetes_mellitus autoimmune_disease ketoacidosis | |
Similar spelling: |
juvenile_person juvenile_court juvenile_delinquent |