type I diabetes

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type I diabetes Definition

• (n) 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

type I diabetes Synonyms

• autoimmune diabetes
• growth-onset diabetes
• IDDM
• insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• juvenile diabetes
• juvenile-onset diabetes
• ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
• ketosis-prone diabetes
• type I diabetes