diabetes

DEFINITION of diabetes

Diabetes mellitus encompasses types such as type 1 (autoimmune beta-cell destruction causing absolute insulin deficiency), type 2 (insulin resistance with relative insulin deficiency), gestational diabetes, and others like maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). It results in complications including macrovascular (e.g., cardiovascular disease) and microvascular damage (e.g., retinopathy, nephropathy).

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ETYMOLOGY of diabetes

greek The term “diabetes” derives from Greek diabētēs, meaning “a siphon” or “to pass through” (dia- “through” + bainein “to go”), coined around 250 BCE by Apollonius of Memphis to describe excessive urination. “Mellitus,” added by Thomas Willis in 1674, comes from Latin for “honey-sweet,” noting the sweet urine due to glucose.

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DERIVATIONS of diabetes

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Med roots Appendix A Prefixes Appendix B Combining Forms Appendix C Suffixes Appendix D Suffix forms