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Word entry · 8 letters

diabetes

Best crossword clue

"Blood sugar disease"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/Part of speech nounSorted abdeeistStarts with DEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A disease in which the body has trouble controlling blood sugar.

Word origin

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

Used in a sentence

  • This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.
  • A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.

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