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Diabetes

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a chronic condition in which the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar
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Stage 1 of 2
diabetes
Greek · ancient
"a siphon, a passing through"
literally a passing through, a siphon, from diabainein (to pass through)
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Stage 2 of 2
diabetes
English · 1400s
"a condition affecting blood sugar regulation"
settled as the medical word for the condition marked by excessive urination
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