diabetes mellitus diabetes insipidus • diabetes sugar · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · diabetes mellitus · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 7 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria. Synonyms: diabetes mellitus, DM. Example: "When doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · dm · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075