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![[-- diabetes mellitus --]](Images/Terms/diabetes.gif){kind=small}
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Two types of a highly variable disorder in which abnormalities in the ability to make and/or use the hormone insulin interfere with the process of turning dietary carbohydrates into glucose, the body's fuel. Type I is known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and type II is known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
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| explained: |
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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, defines diabetes. |
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related terms: |
dominant, gene, inherited, mapping, sex-linked, recessive | |
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