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juvenile diabetes
     n : 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
         [syn: {type I diabetes}, {insulin-dependent diabetes
         mellitus}, {IDDM}, {juvenile-onset diabetes}, {growth-onset
         diabetes}, {ketosis-prone diabetes}, {ketoacidosis-prone
         diabetes}, {autoimmune diabetes}]