ダイアベティス

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English diabetes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da̠ia̠be̞tʲisɨ]

Noun

ダイアベティス • (daiabetisu) 

1. (rare) diabetes [2023–]

Usage notes

• A proposed name to replace 糖尿病(とうにょうびょう) (tōnyōbyō, literally “sugary urine disease”). See 糖尿病 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja