Definition
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body has trouble controlling the level of sugar in the blood. This happens because the body doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use it properly.
Etymology
From Latin and Greek "diabetes" meaning "a siphon," because early doctors noticed patients passed a lot of urine. The full term "diabetes mellitus" adds "mellitus" meaning "honey-sweet," referring to sugary urine.
Kelly Says
The original name basically called it the "siphon disease" because fluids seemed to flow right through the body. Modern tests are high-tech, but the first clue doctors had was literally ants being attracted to patients’ urine.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ডায়াবেটিস
da-ya-be-tis
CACatalà
diabetis
di-a-be-tis
CSČeština
cukrovka
tsu-krov-ka
DADansk
sukkersyge
/ˈsɔɡərˌsyˀ/
DEDeutsch
Diabetes
/di.aˈbeːtəs/
ELΕλληνικά
διαβήτης
di-a-vi-tis
ESEspañol
diabetes
di-a-be-tes
FISuomi
diabetes
di-a-be-tes
FRFrançais
diabète
/dja.bɛt/
GUGU
ડાયાબિટીઝ
da-ya-bi-tiz
HAHA
ciwon sanyi
chi-won sa-nyi
HIहिन्दी
मधुमेह
mad-hu-meh
HUMagyar
cukorbetegség
tsu-kor-be-tegség
IDBahasa Indonesia
diabetes
di-a-be-tes
IGIG
ọrịa shuga
o-ri-a shu-ga
ITItaliano
diabete
di-a-be-te
KO한국어
당뇨병
dang-nyo-byeong
MSBahasa Melayu
kencing manis
ken-ching ma-nis
NLNederlands
suikerziekte
/ˈsœy.kər.zi.kət/
NONorsk
diabetes
/di.aˈbeːtɛs/
PLPolski
cukrzyca
tsuk-shitsa
PTPortuguês
diabetes
di-a-be-tes
RUРусский
диабет
di-a-bet
SVSvenska
diabetes
/di.aˈbeːtɛs/
SWKiswahili
kisukari
ki-su-ka-ri
TAதமிழ்
நீரிழிவு
nee-ri-zhi-vu
TEతెలుగు
మధుమేహం
ma-dhu-meh-am
THไทย
โรคเบาหวาน
rohk baa-waan
TLTL
diyabetis
di-ya-be-tis
TRTürkçe
diyabet
di-ya-bet
UKУкраїнська
цукровий діабет
tsu-kro-viy di-a-bet
URاردو
ذیابیطس
za-ya-bi-tus
VITiếng Việt
bệnh tiểu đường
benh tieu duong
YOYO
Àrùnṣọ́kọ̀
a-run-so-ko
ZUZU
Isihlabathi
i-si-hla-ba-thi