diabetes in Japanese
diabetes in Japanese is 糖尿病 — diabetes means a metabolic disease in which the body can't produce or properly use insulin, resulting in high blood sugar.
diabetes in Japanese
糖尿病
Pronounced: tōnyōbyō
(disease) 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. [from 19th c.]
What does "diabetes" mean?
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noun A metabolic disease in which the body can't produce or properly use insulin, resulting in high blood sugar.
"People with diabetes often need to check their blood sugar several times a day."
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diabetes in a sentence
- People with diabetes often need to check their blood sugar several times a day.
- His doctor diagnosed him with type 2 diabetes after a routine blood test.
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What is "diabetes" in Japanese?
"diabetes" in Japanese is 糖尿病. diabetes means: A metabolic disease in which the body can't produce or properly use insulin, resulting in high blood sugar.
How do you pronounce 糖尿病?
"diabetes" in Japanese is 糖尿病, pronounced "tōnyōbyō".
How do you use "diabetes" in a sentence?
Example: "People with diabetes often need to check their blood sugar several times a day." In Japanese, "diabetes" is 糖尿病.
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