Di′a‐be″tes (?), n. [NL., from Gr. �, fr. � to pass or cross over. See Diabase.] (Med.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal.
‖Diabetes mellitus, that form of diabetes in which the urine contains saccharine matter. — ‖Diabetes insipidus, the form of diabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent.