diabetic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dī′ə bet′ik)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•a•bet•ic /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person suffering from diabetes.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. of or relating to diabetics or diabetes:diabetic medicine.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•a•bet•ic  (dī′ə bet′ik).USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathologyof or pertaining to diabetes or persons having diabetes.
  2. Pathologyhaving or resulting from diabetes.

n. 
  1. Pathologya person who has diabetes.
  • diabet(es) + -ic 1790–1800

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
diabetic / ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/
also: diabetical
  1. of, relating to, or having diabetes
  2. for the use of diabetics
  1. a person who has diabetes
'diabetic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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