diabetes — 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.
• truancy noun The act of staying away from school without permission or a valid reason.

Senses

diabetes 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.]
• truancy The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

truancy — full definition

1. noun The act of staying away from school without permission or a valid reason.
2. noun Absence from any duty or place where a person is expected to be, without leave.

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