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Diabetes vs Nondiabetes - What's the difference?

diabetes | nondiabetes |

As nouns the difference between diabetes and nondiabetes

is that diabetes is 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 while nondiabetes is lack of diabetes.

diabetes

English

(wikipedia diabetes)

Noun

(-)
  • 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.
  • Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

    Derived terms

    * diabesity * diabetes mellitus * diabetes insipidus

    Related terms

    * diabetic

    Hyponyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

    Anagrams

    * ----

    nondiabetes

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lack of diabetes.
  • * 2008 , Joseph R Kraft, Diabetes Epidemic and You
    • If you have normal insulins with a normal oral glucose tolerance identifying nondiabetes , does it mean that you were never diabetic...