English Explanatory Dictionary

sugar sickness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Diabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.

Word forms

sugar sickness

Etymology

From sugar + sickness, in reference to type 2 diabetes often being caused by a prolonged high-sugar diet, and that people with diabetes have chronic hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar.

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