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How to pronounce diabetes
Say it like this: /ˌdaɪəˈbitiz/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does diabetes mean?
nounDiabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the
Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
“This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.”
Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.
“A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.”
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