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diabetic

[ dahy-uh-bet-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to diabetes or persons having diabetes.
  2. having or resulting from diabetes.


noun

  1. a person who has diabetes.

diabetic

/ ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having diabetes
  2. for the use of diabetics

    diabetic chocolate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person who has diabetes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Rather than talking about a diabetic or diabetics , it is better to talk about a person with diabetes , people with diabetes
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Other Words From

  • anti·dia·betic adjective
  • nondi·a·betic adjective
  • undi·a·betic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diabetic1

First recorded in 1790–1800; diabet(es) + -ic
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Example Sentences

Type 2 diabetics become resistant to the insulin they produce, so the beta cells make more and more, and eventually are worn out.

We have 30 million Americans diabetic, 84 million are pre-diabetic.

From Eater

For non-diabetics, both podiatrists recommended staying away from razors and sticking with pumice stones or files.

After Jerry Samet, a diabetic, was diagnosed with a heart ailment in 2016, his son, by then divorced, moved in with him.

Like No-Cal, Diet-Rite initially targeted diabetics and was often placed in the over-the-counter medicine section of grocers.

For example, I cannot imagine trying to treat a diabetic patient without insulin, or an asthmatic patient without bronchodilators.

One diabetic woman who fell ill on the journey died along the way.

His brother was diabetic and he had stolen one of his used needles.

But the government is beginning to take more concrete steps to combat the waste and fraud in the diabetic-supply industry.

So where are all the underpriced diabetic supplies coming from?

As was to be expected, most of these preparations proved to be suitable diabetic foods.

Seven brands of diabetic chocolates contained from 10 to 50 per cent.

One diabetic baking-powder examined contained no starch, another brand from 14 to 16 per cent.

In the accompanying tabulations a summary is given of the brands, sold as diabetic foods, which showed less than 35 per cent.

In this day of self-medication this condition is all the greater menace to the diabetic.

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