autoimmune diabetes Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
IDDM; juvenile-onset diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; juvenile diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type I diabetes; growth-onset diabetes.