diabetes

diabetes — 名詞

1. A chronic illness that stops the body from keeping the sugar (glucose) in the bl

1.名詞B2
釋義

糖尿病

身體無法調節血糖的慢性疾病

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.

例句

Meera's grandmother was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after her routine health check.

Meera 的祖母在例行健康檢查後被診斷出患有第二型糖尿病。

diagnosed with diabetes — common verb collocation

Regular exercise and a balanced diet help many people control their diabetes effectively.

規律運動和均衡飲食有助於許多人有效控制糖尿病。

control diabetes — common verb + noun pattern

同義詞
  • 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

❌My uncle is diabetes.
✅My uncle has diabetes.
💡diabetes is a condition you have, not a description of a person.
❌He has a diabetes since childhood.
✅He has had diabetes since childhood.
💡diabetes is uncountable and does not take an article.

2. A medical term for any of several conditions that affect how the body processes

2.名詞C1
釋義

代謝失調

以多尿和口渴為特徵的代謝疾病

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.

例句

The school nurse noticed Lien was always thirsty and suspected a rare form of diabetes.

學校護理師注意到 Lien 總是口渴，懷疑她可能罹患了一種罕見的糖尿病。

school nurse suspected rare diabetes — concrete detection scene

Doctors diagnosed Yuna with a rare diabetes that affects the kidneys, not the pancreas.

醫生診斷 Yuna 罹患了一種罕見的糖尿病，影響的是腎臟而非胰臟。

同義詞
  • 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.