The difference between Diabeetus and Diabetes
When used as nouns, diabeetus means diabetes, whereas diabetes means 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 hormone insulin.
check bellow for the other definitions of Diabeetus and Diabetes
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Diabeetus as a noun (humorous):
Diabetes.
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Diabetes as a noun:
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 hormone insulin.
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Diabetes as a noun:
Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.