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What is the noun for diabetics?

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diabetes
  1. A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
  2. Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “An apparently lean person, who is abdominally obese, could also develop diabetes.”
      “Keep track of your weight and your waistline, because improvements in weight or waist measurement can reduce your risk of getting diabetes.”
      “The risk of serious complication was lower in those who had treatment for diabetes.”
diabulimia
  1. (medicine) The manipulation of insulin dosage by a diabetic person in order to effect loss of weight.
diabesity
  1. (pathology) obesity and diabetes in the same patient, especially when the obesity had a causal influence on the diabetes.
diabetology
  1. (medicine) The study of the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Hospital, an early bird in putting in place comprehensive diabetology services for patients, has also planned several programmes for patients as well as the public.”
diabetologist
  1. A physician whose speciality is diabetology.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In my case, due to early detection, my diabetologist was able to follow a holistic approach.”
      “Consultant Diabetologist Steve Stanaway, 45, from Tattenhall, in Cheshire, will be heading to Argentina in January 2014 to climb Aconcagua.”
diabetogenicity
  1. (pathology) The condition, or extent, of being diabetogenic
diabetogenesis
diabetic
  1. A person who suffers from diabetes mellitus.
diabeetus
  1. (humorous) Diabetes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Yeah, but I'm trying to decide what to do about it before all the saccharine gives me diabeetus or something.”
diabetologists
  1. plural of diabetologist
diabetics
  1. plural of diabetic
  2. Examples:
    1. “One of the first dietary rules for all diabetics is to avoid all sugar and foods containing sugar, such as pastry, candy and soft drinks.”
      “Does this mean that low-carb, high-protein diets like the Atkins diet are ideal for diabetics?”
      “Sugar free sherbets made of jamun, amla and karela of immense therapeutic value to diabetics were also available for sale.”
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