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The term '''diabetes''' can mean any of several different ]s which usually involve excessive urination (''polyuria'') when untreated:


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* the most common is "sugar diabetes", ''']''', is a condition involving defects in metabolism leading to excessive blood glucose levels. It is found primarily in three forms:
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** type 1 (formerly called juvenile or ]-dependent diabetes (IDDM))
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** type 2 (formerly called adult-onset, obesity-related, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM))
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:In most medical contexts, the single word "diabetes" is assumed to mean one of the forms of diabetes mellitus, all other kinds of diabetes being far less common. Medical shorthand for these is "DM". In modern medical and colloquial usage, "diabetes" always refers to ].

* or the less common "water diabetes", ''']''', where the body is incapable of concentrating ], leading to increased urine production, fluid loss and thirst.
:The current medical shorthand term for diabetes insipidus is "D.I."

* or any of several other conditions, all much more rare than the preceding.

The meanings of the descriptors ''mellitus'' and ''insipidus'' refer to the tastes of the urine in the two conditions (''sweet'' and ''tasteless'', respectively) and date back to the days of ] ("pisse prophecy").


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