diabetes
diabetes — noun
1. A chronic illness that stops the body from keeping the sugar (glucose) in the bl
A chronic illness that stops the body from keeping the sugar (glucose) in the blood at healthy levels, typically because the pancreas makes too little insulin or the body's cells stop responding to it properly.
Meera's grandmother was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after her routine health check.
diagnosed with diabetes — common verb collocation
Regular exercise and a balanced diet help many people control their diabetes effectively.
control diabetes — common verb + noun pattern
The clinic offers free blood tests to check for early signs of diabetes.
After losing weight and changing his eating habits, Tuan no longer needs diabetes medication.
Scientists are working on new treatments that could one day cure diabetes completely.
- diabetes mellitus
The full medical name for the common type of diabetes; more formal and used mainly in clinical or scientific contexts.
文法句型
have / develop / manage diabetes
用法筆記
Frequently used without an article (e.g. 'She has diabetes' not 'She has a diabetes'). Often modified by type 1 or type 2 to distinguish between the two main forms. Avoid using diabetic as a noun for a person (e.g. 'a diabetic') in formal writing, where 'a person with diabetes' is preferred.
常見錯誤
2. A medical term for any of several conditions that affect how the body processes
A medical term for any of several conditions that affect how the body processes fluids and nutrients, causing a person to produce very large amounts of urine and to feel constantly thirsty. The most common type is diabetes mellitus, but other types such as diabetes insipidus also exist.
The school nurse noticed Lien was always thirsty and suspected a rare form of diabetes.
school nurse suspected rare diabetes — concrete detection scene
Doctors diagnosed Yuna with a rare diabetes that affects the kidneys, not the pancreas.
People with this kind of diabetes must drink lots of water daily to avoid dehydration.
Dr. Chen at Taipei General Hospital treated a patient whose unusual diabetes did not affect blood sugar at all.
- diabetes insipidus
A specific rare subtype within this sense, caused by hormone problems rather than insulin issues; often what medical texts refer to when distinguishing from diabetes mellitus.
- polyuric disorder
A broader term describing any condition with excessive urine output; more general than diabetes and not restricted to metabolic causes.
用法筆記
This broader medical sense is mostly used in clinical textbooks, research papers, and diagnostic contexts. In everyday conversation, diabetes almost always refers to sense 1 (diabetes mellitus). Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 includes conditions where blood sugar levels are normal but the kidneys fail to concentrate urine properly.