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Definition

any of several metabolic disorders characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood and marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

He was diagnosed with Type II diabetes.

diabetes = a disease in which the body can't control the amount of sugar in the blood and that is marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

Because of diabetes and all the other health problems caused by obesity, kids in the U.S. today may turn out to be the first group of Americans with life spans that are shorter than their parents'.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

diabetes = a disease in which the body can't control the amount of sugar in the blood and that is marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

In the 1990s, diabetes and heart disease converged on him.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
He developed colitis and in 1909 learned he had diabetes.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
They are trying to cure themselves of arthritis, diabetes, blindness and cancer.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
"Diabetes," Smithson said.
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
You see, dear boy, I have diabetes ... my gray hair is painfully thin.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Sadly, I discovered that my niang had developed diabetes and a weak heart condition.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
Something about complications from diabetes, and whenever he saw the woman eating a bowl of soup, he thought about her husband upstairs.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Choice
I also told them a huge lie, that I had diabetes.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
You're going to give me diabetes.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky
Janet Isinghoff was thirty-three years old, primigravid, with a family history of diabetes.
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
All the diabetics aren't dying the way they used to, they're living long enough so that they're passing the diabetes on to their children.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
Then about the pancreas, diabetes ....
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Do you have diabetes (which has a powerful association with heart disease)?
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
Obesity has been linked to heart disease, colon cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, infertility, and strokes.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
June When I was pregnant with Claire, I was told that I had gestational diabetes.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
Bubeh had diabetes and had to take insulin every day, which my Aunt Betsy often gave her.
James McBride -- The Color of Water
"I'd love to," Y.T. says, "but my diabetes is acting up real bad."
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
Ruth has diabetes, and Peter has prostate trouble.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

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