juvenile-onset diabetes

NOUN

diabetes affecting the young

Synonyms

WEAK

Type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Example Sentences

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In a sense, scientists already know what causes juvenile-onset diabetes, a disease that afflicts about 1.5 million Americans.

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