IDDM

IDDM may refer to:Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes mellitus type 1), an autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of insulin producing cells.Integrated Diver Display Mask, an item of scuba gear.
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IDDM abbr. insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. IDDM Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; now known as type [more]IDDM - Community and Resources

Noun
1. severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
(synonym) type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes
(hypernym) diabetes mellitus, DM
(part-meronym) ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis

Diabetes mellitus that stems from the immune system’s destruction of beta cells, usually develops in childhood or adolescence, and is usually treated with daily insulin dosing.

former term for type 1 diabetes.
  

former term for type 1 diabetes.