diabetes intermittens

diabetes intermittens definition - medical

diabetes in·ter·mit·tens (ĭnˌtər-mĭtˈənz)

noun
Diabetes mellitus in which there are periods of relatively normal carbohydrate metabolism followed by relapses to a diabetic state.

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