DIABETES

(Lat.), n. m. Di(di2)-a"b(a3b)-et(at)'ez(as). Gr.. 6ia/3rJTT)f (from Siafiouveiv, to pa through). Fr., diabete. Ger.. D., Harnruhr. It., diabete. Sp., d. A morbid condition characterized by the habitual secretion of an exce ive amount of urine. When the term is used without qualification, it is usually understood to mean d. mellitus (o. v.). Acute d. Fr., diabete aigu. A form of d. mellitus in which a large quantity of sugar suddenly appears in the urine, and as suddenly disappears. The phenomenon has usually a nervous or morbid cause. [K.] Alternating d. Fr., diabete alternant. A form of d. mellitus which alternates with some other disease, especially with gout or rheumatism. Rayer mentions cases in which the urine at one time contained sugar and at another was loaded with uric acid. [K.] Arthritic d. See Gouty d. Artificial d. Fr., diabete art if i ciel. D. mellitus produced in animals by puncture of the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain or by poisoning with woorara. [K.] Cerebral d. D. mellitus occurring in individuals suffering from some cerebral lesion, such as cerebral haemorrhages, causing paralysis of various kinds. [Durand-Fardel (a, 18).] Cerebro-spinal d. D. caused by disease of the brain and spinal cord, [a, 18.] Chylous d. Fr., diabete chyleux. D. a ociated with chyluria. [D, 74.] Climacteric d. A term that has been applied to d. showing itself in apparent connection with the menopause. [L. Tait, "Practitioner," June. 1886, p. 401.] Conjugal d. D. occurring simultaneously in a husband and wife; a condition observed by Debove in 10 per cent, of a series of 50 patients. By Lecorche' this coincidence was thought due to the" fact that these couples had had the same defective alimentation, or else had shared a common anxiety; by Debove it was ascribed to either chance, contagion, or unknown causes. [" Lancet," Aug. 24, 1889, p. 408 (a, 17).] Consecutive d. D. developed during the course of a chronic disease having a tendency to cachexia. [Durand-Fardel (a, 18).] Curable d. Temporary or transient d. [a, 18.] Curare d. Glycosuria due to the toxic action of curare. [L, 57 (a, 18).] D. anglicus. See D. mellitus. I), decipiens. D. characterized by saccharine urine without increase in the quantity of urine. [L, 57 (a, 18).] D. gastroenterogenes. D. mellitus dependent on gastro-intestinal disease. [A, 326.] D. hep a to genes. Fr., diabete du foie. D. mellitus dependent on disease of the liver. [D, 326.] D. iiiosit us. A form of d. in which inosite takes the place of grape-sugar. [D, 3.] D. insipid us. See POLYURIA. D. mellitus. Fr., diabete sucre. Ger., Zuckerharnruhr. It., diabete mellito (o zuccharino). Sp., d. sacarina. Syn.: glycosuria, mellitura. A disease characterized by the secretion of an exce ive amount of urine containing sugar, causing emaciation, thirst, and dryne of the skin, and usually ending in death, either by exhaustion or in an attack of coma. In many cases there is a tendency to ulcerative and gangrenous affections of the skin. The pathology is various, the primary diseased action taking place in the brain, the liver, or some other organ. D. neurogenes. An affection of the brain or certain nerves, sometimes resulting in d. mellitus. [A, 326 (a. 21 ).] D. spur! us. See POLYURIA. D. traumatlcus. Glycosuria from traumatism of the nervous system, as in concu ion of the brain. ["Arch. f. path. Anat. u. Phys. u. f. klin. Med.,v xiii, p. 93 (a, 18).] D. ver us. See D. mellitus. D.-weed. The Act in omer is helianthoides. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxix (a, 21).] Diathetic d. D. of indefinite duration depending upon some deep-seated vitiation of nutrition, and distinguished from that due to pregnancy, lactation, or traumatism of the nervous system. [Durand-Fardel (a, 18).] Emaciating d. Fr., diabete maigre. Of Lancer eaux, d. in patients who were spare at the beginning of the disease, and who have some alteration of the pancreas leading to the suppre ion of the functions of that gland. It is usually of rapid course. [L, 87 (o, 18).] English d. Lat., d. anglicus. See D. mellitus. Fatty d. Fr., diabete gras. Of Lancer eaux, a disease of which the first phase is obesity without polyuria or glycosuria, these symptoms appearing later and being accompanied by polydipsia and polyphagia, which begin insidiously. The course of the disease is slow, often irregular. The cause is unknown, [o, 18.] Gastro-ent erogenous d. D. originating by reflex action, from disease of some portion of the gastro-intestinal tract. [L, 57 (a, 18).] Gouty d. Fr., diabete goutteux. A form of d. occurring in robust subjects living luxuriously. Such patients are usually obese, and show other signs of having an arthritic diathesis, such as rheumatism, gout, gravel, asthma, etc. [a, 18.] Hepatic d. Fr., diabete hepatique. D. mellitus occurring coincidently with some affection of the liver. [a, 18.] Hydruric d. A d. in which the elimination of water alone (in the urine) is in exce , without augmentation of the solid principles of the urine, [a. 18.] Hysterical d. The polyuria of hysteria. Intermittent d. Fr., diabete intermittent. That form of d. which disappears at times, and then recurs again. The urine E, he; E, ell; G, go; I, die; I*, in; N, in: N*, ta ik; [s. 544]