juvenile diabetes

Noun

1.

juvenile diabetes - 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 Synonyms: autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes

former term for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), or type 1 diabetes.

autoimmune diabetes, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, diabetes mellitus, diabetic acidosis, DM, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes