diabetic

See also: diabètic

English

Etymology

From diabetes +‎ -ic. Doublet of diabatic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈbɛtɪk/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/, [ˌdaɪəˈbɛɾɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɑɪəˈbetɪk/, [dɑɪəˈbeɾɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

diabetic (comparative more diabetic, superlative most diabetic)

1. Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic complications

   the diabetic foot

2. Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic patients (patients with diabetes)

   He turned diabetic in his thirties.

3. Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

   diabetic socks

   • 2002, Mabel Cavaiani, The New Diabetic Cookbook, Fifth Edition, page 347:

     I also have learned to slip a couple of my diabetic cookies in my purse […] and take them along with me when we are invited out for afternoon coffee.

Derived terms

• antidiabetic
• diabetically
• diabetic bearded woman syndrome
• diabetic crisis
• diabetic embryopathy
• diabetic ketoacidosis
• diabetic sock
• diabetic stiff hand syndrome
• nondiabetic
• prediabetic
• prodiabetic

Translations

of diabetes

• Catalan: diabètic (ca)
• Finnish: sokeritaudin (fi), sokeritautiin liittyvä
• French: diabétique (fr)
• German: Diabetiker-
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

• Polish: cukrzycowy (pl)
• Portuguese: diabético (pt)
• Romanian: diabetic (ro)
• Spanish: diabético (es), diabetológico
• Swedish: diabetisk (sv)
• Volapük: diabetik

having diabetes

• Catalan: diabètic (ca)
• Finnish: sokeritautinen (fi)
• French: diabétique (fr)
• German: zuckerkrank (de)
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Hebrew: סוכרתי m (sukarti), סוכרתית f (sukartit)
• Hungarian: cukorbeteg (hu), cukorbajos (hu), diabéteszes
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

• Polish: diabetyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diabético (pt)
• Romanian: diabetic (ro)
• Spanish: diabético (es)
• Swedish: diabetisk (sv), sockersjuk (sv)
• Tagalog: diyabetiko

suitable for one having diabetes mellitus

• Dutch: diabetisch (nl)
• Finnish: diabeetikoille sopiva
• French: diabétique (fr)
• German: diabetisch (de)
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetisk

  Nynorsk: diabetisk

Noun

diabetic (plural diabetics)

1. A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.

Translations

person suffering from diabetes mellitus

• Catalan: diabètic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖尿病患者 (tángniàobìnghuànzhě), 患糖尿病者 (huàntángniàobìngzhě)

• Czech: diabetik (cs) m
• Danish: diabetiker (da) c
• Finnish: sokeritautinen (fi), diabeetikko (fi), sokeritautipotilas
• French: diabétique (fr)
• German: Diabetiker (de) m, Diabetikerin (de) f
• Greek: διαβητικός (el) m (diavitikós)
• Hungarian: cukorbeteg (hu), cukros (hu)
• Italian: diabetico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetiker m

  Nynorsk: diabetikar m

• Portuguese: diabético (pt) m
• Russian: диабе́тик (ru) m (diabétik)
• Spanish: diabético (es) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) diabetan, (♂) hidiabetan, (♀) jidiabetan

Interlingua

Adjective

diabetic (not comparable)

1. diabetic

Related terms

• diabete

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diabétique. By surface analysis, diabet +‎ -ic.

Noun

diabetic m (plural diabetici)

1. diabetic

Declension

Declension of diabetic

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diabetic	diabeticul		diabetici	diabeticii
genitive-dative	diabetic	diabeticului		diabetici	diabeticilor
vocative	diabeticule			diabeticilor