·noun A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal.
dĭăbētes, ae, m., = διαβήτης, a siphon; called also sipho, Col. 3, 10, 2. ...
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