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diabetes

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 22.05.2025

Meanings

insuliini vaegusest tingitud ainevahetushäire, mille puhul on häirunud organismi võime omastada suhkruid

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ID 737106 Last modified 27.12.2018
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Domain Medicine - Pathology - Surgerytypes of illness
  • seisundid, millele on iseloomulik tugev janu ja rohke kuseeritus, eriti suhkurtõbi (diabetes mellitus)
  • a general term referring to disorders characterized by excessive urine excretion (polyuria), as in diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus
diabeet
diabetes
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  • Diabetes, either of two disorders of the endocrine system. For information about the disorder caused by the body’s inability to produce or respond to insulin and characterized by abnormal glucose levels in the blood, see diabetes mellitus. For information about the disorder characterized by excessive thirst and dilute urine, caused by lack of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin, see diabetes insipidus.
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  • When used alone, the term refers to diabetes mellitus.
diabetes

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