type 1 diabetes

American  

Or type I diabetes

noun

1. a severe form of diabetes mellitus in which insulin production by the beta cells of the pancreas is impaired, usually resulting in dependence on externally administered insulin, the onset of the disease typically occurring before the age of 25.

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Example Sentences

One man broke up with Este when she told him their future children might have Type 1 Diabetes.

From BBC

Earlier this year, it reached approval for Tzield for stage 2 type 1 diabetes, and Sarclisa for multiple myeloma in China.

From The Wall Street Journal

She's got the flu but also has type 1 diabetes and has dangerously high sugar levels.

From BBC

Earlier in our conversation, Davis had apologized for her brain fog, a result, she said, of being more of a morning person who usually wakes at 5 a.m. to work in her “atelier,” and the Type 1 diabetes she got diagnosed with only a few years ago during the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times

This shows that after five years of taking the BCG vaccine six times, cognitively normal middle-aged adults with a form of Type 1 diabetes had significantly lower levels of two types of protein that play a large role in Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who didn’t get the vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal