severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease

[ Syn: type i diabetes , type i diabetes , insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus , insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus , iddm , iddm , juvenile-onset diabetes , juvenile-onset diabetes , juvenile diabetes , juvenile diabetes , growth-onset diabetes , growth-onset diabetes , ketosis-prone diabetes , ketosis-prone diabetes , ketoacidosis-prone diabetes , ketoacidosis-prone diabetes , autoimmune diabetes , autoimmune diabetes ]