autoimmune diabetes

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autoimmune diabetes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  autoimmune diabetes
      n 1: 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 [syn: type I diabetes
           , insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM,
           juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth- onset diabetes
           , ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis- prone diabetes
           , autoimmune diabetes]