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sugar diabetes

British  

noun

  1. an informal name for diabetes mellitus

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He and Lucy have what he called “sugar diabetes,” and when Foyt called her over the weekend, she mentioned that she wasn’t feeling well.

From Washington Times

At that time, the industry crisis was around sugar, diabetes and obesity.

From Seattle Times

She suggests summoning spirits who died of emphysema, tuberculosis, heart attacks, Alzheimer’s or sugar diabetes.

From The Guardian

“You must have sugar diabetes.”

From Literature

“You don’t get sugar diabetes from not eating sugar. You get it from eating too much sugar.”

From Literature