sugar diabetes

noun

1. an informal name for diabetes mellitus

Example Sentences

He and Lucy have what he called “sugar diabetes,” and when Foyt called her over the weekend, she mentioned that she wasn’t feeling well.

From Seattle Times

He and Lucy have what he called “sugar diabetes,” and when Foyt called her over the weekend, she mentioned that she wasn’t feeling well.

From Washington Times

But do you realize two out of every three Black folks in this country have a serious problem with high blood pressure, sugar diabetes, hypertension; and we’re sitting here eating all that old crazy stuff saying, “Yeah, man, I bet white folk can’t eat like this.”

From New York Times

At that time, the industry crisis was around sugar, diabetes and obesity.

From Seattle Times

She suggests summoning spirits who died of emphysema, tuberculosis, heart attacks, Alzheimer’s or sugar diabetes.

From The Guardian