Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0873 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Diabetes Mellitus
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The idea
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the body cannot regulate blood glucose normally.
In practice
Mellitus comes from the Latin for honeyed, describing sugar in the urine.
Where people slip
A second condition shares the name diabetes and has nothing to do with glucose.
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