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diabetes

di·a·be·tes

diabetes

 
pronunciation:
daI bi tis [or] daI bi tiz [or] daI bi tihs
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part of speech: noun
definition: a serious disease in which there is too much sugar in a person's blood.
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The word diabetes contains the following part:
dia-, di-1 Greek prefix that means across, apart, through, throughout