Friday, June 4, 2010

When we say diabetes,why put a word mellitus afterwards

when we say diabetes,why put a word mellitus afterwards?
what does mellitus mean?
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1 :
that is the entire scientific name. we shorten it by just saying diabetes (sort of like callin muscular dystrophy simply MD) it is just simpler
2 :
Diabetes mellitus is a condition that is more common than diabetes insipidus. Both conditions cause above-average urination, but for different reasons. "Diabetes mellitus" roughly translates as "sweet urine" (an effect of having high blood sugar), while "diabetes insipidus" translates as "tasteless urine". "Insipid" still means "tasteless" or "bland" in modern English, while "mellow" and "mellifluous" are derived from the Latin word for "honey". Don't bother asking who is going around tasting peoples' urine...
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The "mellitus" refers to "sweetness." This is the diabetes we typically refer to (sometimes called "sugar diabetes."). It is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism and characterized by elevated blood sugar levels and a host of other problems. (There are various subtypes of it, such as insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes.) There is also a "water diabetes", also known as "d. insipidus" which is a vasopressin hormone/pituitary problem. There isn't a high blood sugar component attached to it. Finally, there is a "d. bronze", which is also known as hemochromatosis (a problem with iron metabolism that turns your skin dark). In contrast to d. mellitus, there isn't an elevated blood sugar associated with this one, either.

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