sokeritauti — meaning in English

English meaning

• diabetes noun A metabolic disease in which the body can't produce or properly use insulin, resulting in high blood sugar.
• diabetic adj Relating to, or caused by, diabetes.

Senses

sokeritauti is used for these senses in English:

• diabetes (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.]
• diabetes mellitus A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
• diabetic Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

diabetic — full definition

1. adj Relating to, or caused by, diabetes.
2. adj Having diabetes.
3. noun A person who has diabetes.

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