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diabetes
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
diabetes
(noun)
diabetes
/ˌdajə
ˈ
biːtiz/
noun
diabetes
/ˌdajə
ˈ
biːtiz/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DIABETES
[
noncount
]
medical
:
a serious disease in which the body cannot properly control the amount of sugar in your blood because it does not have enough insulin
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