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DM vs IDDM

IDDM vs DM

DM and IDDM both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
DM Yes No No No
IDDM Yes No No No
As nouns, IDDM is a hyponym of DM; that is, IDDM is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than DM:
  • DM: diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
  • IDDM: 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
Other hyponyms of DM include autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes, adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes, chemical diabetes, latent diabetes.
DM (noun) IDDM (noun)
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria 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
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