diabetes
//ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz//
Definitions
1.Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.(humorous)
- This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.
2.Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
3.Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.
- A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3751
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”)
From Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs)
From Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).