diabetes 
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dia·betes (dī′ə bēt′ēz′, -is)
noun
Etymology: ME diabete < L diabetes, a siphon (in LL, diabetes) < Gr diabētēs < diabainein, to pass through < dia (see dia-)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
Converse of object
- diagnose: A diabetic register can only contain those with diagnosed diabetes.
Adjective modifier
- gestational: However, women who develop gestational diabetes are more likely to develop type II diabetes later in life.
Modifies a noun
- mellitus: The patient had had diabetes mellitus for 8 years.
Noun used with modifier
- insulin-dependent: Type I or insulin-dependent diabetes In type I diabetes the body produces little or no insulin.
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To me politics is like one of those annoying and potentially dangerous, but generally just painful, chronic diseases that you just have to put up with all your life if you happen to have contracted it. Politics is like having diabetes.
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