A disease in which the main symptom is the body's lack of production of insulin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes
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Broader terms: diabetes mellitus, DM, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder