juvenile diabetes

English

Noun

juvenile diabetes (uncountable)

  1. 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

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