How to say "diabetes" in Japanese

• 糖尿病とうにょうびょうCommon
  nounThe common word for the disease, covering both everyday use and the medical sense diabetes mellitus; this is what you use in conversation, in writing, and in medical settings.
  彼かれは糖尿病とうにょうびょうのどんな兆きざしにも注意ちゅういしていた。↗

  He was watchful for any sign of diabetes.
• 消渇しょうかち
  nounDiabetes as a concept of traditional Chinese medicine; a less common term needed only when discussing that tradition. For the disease in ordinary or medical contexts, use 糖尿病.
• ダイアベティス
  nounA katakana rendering of the English word, denoting the same disease. It is less common than 糖尿病, however, and is seldom the word you want in ordinary use.

Use 糖尿病 for diabetes in ordinary and medical contexts; 消渇 is the term within traditional Chinese medicine, and 「ダイアベティス」 is a less common katakana borrowing of the English word.

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• 糖尿病とうにょうびょうdiabetes
• 消渇しょうかちdiabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine)
• ダイアベティスdiabetes