juvenile diabetes
n 1: severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized
by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and
weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin
injections are required to control the disease [syn: {type
I diabetes}, {insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus}, {IDDM},
{juvenile-onset diabetes}, {juvenile diabetes}, {growth-
onset diabetes}, {ketosis-prone diabetes}, {ketoacidosis-
prone diabetes}, {autoimmune diabetes}]