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What is diabetes mellitus ?
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Robinredbreast
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Hi there, here's a couple of links :-
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=mellitus definition
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What does the word mellitus mean?
Diabetes mellitus is derived from the Greek word diabetes meaning siphon - to pass through and the Latin word mellitus meaning honeyed or sweet. This is because in diabetes excess sugar is found in blood as well as the urine.
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=mellitus definition
People also ask
What does the word mellitus mean?
Diabetes mellitus is derived from the Greek word diabetes meaning siphon - to pass through and the Latin word mellitus meaning honeyed or sweet. This is because in diabetes excess sugar is found in blood as well as the urine.
catapillar
Well-Known Member
I think mellitus just means honey - diabetes mellitus doesn't mean anything different to just diabetes, just means you are being fancy and throwing in a bit of unnecessary Greek/Latin (? - I went to a comprehensive school...). You will often see DM1 or DM 2 in medical records as shortenings for diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2.
Robbity
Expert
It's just the full medical name/description for diabetes, and it also used to be called by the English version of its hybrid Greek/Latin name - i.e. sugar diabetes.
Well before we had our modern techniques for diagnosing diabetes, ancient "medics" could detect/diagnose it by the sweet smell (or taste!
) of diabetic urine.
Robbity
Well before we had our modern techniques for diagnosing diabetes, ancient "medics" could detect/diagnose it by the sweet smell (or taste!
) of diabetic urine. Robbity
