Pronunciation: ' t ī p- ' w ə n-
Function: noun
Date: 1982
: a form of diabetes mellitus that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency in insulin secretion resulting from atrophy of the islets of Langerhans and causing hyperglycemia and a marked tendency toward ketoacidosis ― called also insulin-dependent diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type 1 diabetes mellitus