diabetes (diabetez)

[NL., IMG:content-2540.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2541.jpg:[graphic] the discharge of abnormally large quantities of ordinary or watery urine. diabetic diabetic (di-a-bet'ik), a. and n. [ sugar of fruits, etc., the name common to all glucose. See glucose. II. n. A person suffering from diabetes. After following a strict diet for two or three weeks, dia betics lose their craving for prohibited articles of food. N. Y. Med. Jour ., XL. 571. diabetical (di-a-bet'i-kal), a. Same as diabetic. diablerie, diablery (di-ä'ble-ri), n. [F. dia blerie, OF. OF. diablerie, deablerie ( (= Pr. diablia = Sp. diablura = Pg. diabrura = It. diavoleria ), devilry, sorcery, Those were the times when men believed in witchcraft and every kind of diablerie . J. E. Cooke , Virginia Comedians, I. liv. 1587 diabolic.] 1. In occultism, the spirit of evil personified; the devil.-2. [ cap.] In zoöl., a genus of marsupials, containing the ursine dasyure or Tasmanian devil, Dasyurus or Sarco phil us ursinus. [