diabetes

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/

Noun

uncountable humorous slang

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.

Japanese Meaning

糖尿病：インスリンの分泌不足またはその代謝不全により、血糖値が高くなる代謝性疾患の総称です。

What is this buttons?

My uncle was diagnosed with diabetes last year and has been managing it with diet and medication.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私の叔父は昨年糖尿病と診断され、食事療法と薬で病気を管理しています。

Details

Sense（1）

In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.

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