ಅರ್ಥ : 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.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, iddm, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type i diabetes