diabetes
noun /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
[uncountable]- a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the amount of sugar in the blood
Topics Illnessb2糖尿病 Collocations DictionaryDiabetes is used before these nouns:- medication
词源mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘siphon’, from diabainein ‘go through’.