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diabetes

noun

di·​a·​be·​tes ˌdī-ə-ˈbē-tēz How to pronounce diabetes (audio) -ˈbē-təs How to pronounce diabetes (audio)
: any of various abnormal conditions characterized by the secretion and excretion of excessive amounts of urine
especially : diabetes mellitus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Gary Abel, 70, shells out as much as $2,000 a month for his diabetes medications until the catastrophic provision of his Medicare Advantage Plan kicks in to pay the full amount, which is usually late in the year. Sun Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022 Calm and poised, the younger Moss floats into the kitchen in heavy combat boots and a long black floral chiffon skirt, the outline of her diabetes monitor visible through the tissue-like fabric. Emma Elwick-bates, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act caps how much seniors must spend on insulin to $35 a month — a boon for the more than 3 million older Americans who use insulin to control their diabetes. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 In less than a year, Moore was able to lose 59 pounds and reverse her Type 2 diabetes. Erica R. Williams, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 Preoccupied with her own health, Shura had not pressed Alyona on her diabetes, which Alyona always played down, perhaps not wanting to compete over their ailments. Sana Krasikov, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Briana Lawson was ready to knock her diabetes into remission. Katie Palmer, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 Keeping blood sugars from spiking is good for the body as large spikes and fast falls can raise the risk for diabetes and heart disease, experts say. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 But there are other risk factors, including smoking, diabetes and poor prenatal care. Cary Aspinwall, al, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English diabet, diabete, borrowed from Late Latin diabētēs, borrowed from Greek diabḗtēs, from diabē-, variant stem of diabaínein "to stride, walk or stand with legs apart, step across, cross over" (from dia- dia- + baínein "to step, walk") + -tēs, suffix of agency — more at come entry 1

Note: The literal sense of Greek diabḗtēs in relation to the base verb diabaínein is not entirely clear. The Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (active ca. 130-40 A.D.), author of a detailed description of diabetes mellitus (in Book 2 of De causis et signis diuturnorum morborum), takes the name of the disorder as a given, and explains it as a particular application of the word diabḗtēs, the meaning of which he seems to regard as self-evident. It has been assumed that he alludes to diabḗtēs in the sense "siphon," referring to frequent urination, as if liquid was being drawn out of the sufferer by a siphon. In the following clause, however, he maintains that moisture (tò hygrón) does not stay in the body but leaves it "as if by a diabáthrē ("hókōs diabáthrēi")." The word diabáthra (Ionic diabáthrē)—also a derivative of diabaínein—has various attested meanings: "ladder," "gangway," "bridge." The suggestion has been made that "bridge" or "channel" is the most appropriate sense, though the mixing of metaphors is perhaps an indication that the text is corrupt, or that some no longer recoverable sense of the word is in play. (See discussion in Chalmers L. Gemmill, "The Greek concept of diabetes," Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, vol. 48, no. 8 [September, 1972], pp. 1033-36.)

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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