Definition

1. Noun:
   • A chronic metabolic disorder: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is a severe, lifelong form of diabetes characterized by the body's inability to produce insulin, a hormone essential for regulating blood sugar.
   • An autoimmune condition: This disease involves the immune system attacking and destroying the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus at a young age.
  • Managing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus requires careful monitoring of blood glucose levels.

Advanced Usage

• "to manage insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus": to control the disease through medication, diet, and lifestyle.
  • Advances in technology have made it easier to manage insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Variants and Related Words

• Type 1 diabetes: The more common contemporary term for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
  • Type 1 diabetes is another name for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
• IDDM: A common acronym for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
  • The medical chart noted the patient had IDDM.

Synonyms

• Type 1 diabetes: The primary synonym.
• Juvenile diabetes: An older term, reflecting its typical onset in childhood or adolescence.

Related Phrases

• Insulin therapy: The required treatment for this condition.
  • Life with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus depends on daily insulin therapy.

Noun

1. 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