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Noun

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

Synonyms:

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