insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Definitions of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

1. noun

   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: IDDM, autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes

   type of:

   DM, diabetes mellitus

   diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria

   autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder

   any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues