type 1 diabetes

noun

ˈtīp-ˈwən- 

: a form of diabetes mellitus that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency in insulin secretion resulting from atrophy of the islets of Langerhans and causing hyperglycemia and a marked tendency toward ketoacidosis

called also insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes mellitus

Examples of type 1 diabetes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Proportionally, people with type 1 diabetes are more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease compared to people with type 2 diabetes. —Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024

Who Is a Pancreas Transplant For? People with type 1 diabetes are unable to produce enough (or any) insulin on their own. —Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024

Health Man apparently cured of type 1 diabetes following new stem cell therapy One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic. —Big Think, 24 June 2024

All people with type 1 diabetes will need to take insulin every day, but diabetes is a highly individual disease. —Amanda Gardner, Health, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

type 1 diabetes

noun

ˌtīp-ˈwən- 

: diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin secretion resulting from atrophy of the islets of Langerhans and causing hyperglycemia and a marked tendency toward ketoacidosis

called also insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, type 1 diabetes mellitus