DM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
   Synonym(s)
   • decimeter (what does decimeter mean?)
   • decimetre (what does decimetre mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • metric linear unit (what does metric linear unit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
   Synonym(s)
   • diabetes mellitus (what does diabetes mellitus mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • when doctors say `diabetes” they usually mean `diabetes mellitus”
   Hypernyms(s) DM is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diabetes (what does diabetes mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • type I diabetes (what does type I diabetes mean?)
   • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (what does insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • IDDM (what does IDDM mean?)
   • juvenile-onset diabetes (what does juvenile-onset diabetes mean?)
   • juvenile diabetes (what does juvenile diabetes mean?)
   • growth-onset diabetes (what does growth-onset diabetes mean?)
   • ketosis-prone diabetes (what does ketosis-prone diabetes mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-prone diabetes (what does ketoacidosis-prone diabetes mean?)
   • autoimmune diabetes (what does autoimmune diabetes mean?)
   • type II diabetes (what does type II diabetes mean?)
   • non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (what does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • NIDDM (what does NIDDM mean?)
   • non-insulin-dependent diabetes (what does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mean?)
   • ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus (what does ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • ketosis-resistant diabetes (what does ketosis-resistant diabetes mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus (what does ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes (what does ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mean?)
   • adult-onset diabetes mellitus (what does adult-onset diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • adult-onset diabetes (what does adult-onset diabetes mean?)
   • maturity-onset diabetes mellitus (what does maturity-onset diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • maturity-onset diabetes (what does maturity-onset diabetes mean?)
   • mature-onset diabetes (what does mature-onset diabetes mean?)
   • latent diabetes (what does latent diabetes mean?)
   • chemical diabetes (what does chemical diabetes mean?)