TYPE 1 DIABETES


Meaning of TYPE 1 DIABETES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtīp-ˈwən- ]

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

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