Ketosis-prone Diabetes (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Synonyms
- IDDM
- Growth-onset Diabetes
- Type I Diabetes
- Ketoacidosis-prone Diabetes
- Juvenile Diabetes
- Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus
- Juvenile-onset Diabetes
- Autoimmune Diabetes