• n. 糖尿病；多尿癥

dia-, 穿過。-bet, 走，詞源同come,acrobat,advent. 在古希臘用來指尿液過多的疾病癥狀。

diabetes

diabetes: [16] Diabetes means literally ‘passing through’; it was originally so named in Greek because one of the symptoms of the disease is excessive discharge of urine. Greek diabétēs was a derivative of diabaínein ‘pass through’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dia- ‘through’ and baínein ‘go’ (a relative of English basis and come). English acquired it via medieval Latin diabētēs. Compare DIARRHOEA.
=> basis, come

diabetes (n.)

1560s, from medical Latin diabetes, from late Greek diabetes "excessive discharge of urine" (so named by Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, 2c.), literally "a passer-through, siphon," from diabainein "to pass through," from dia- "through" (see dia-) + bainein "to go" (see come).

An old common native name for it was pissing evil. In classical Greek, diabainein meant "to stand or walk with the legs apart," and diabetes meant "a drafting compass," from the position of the legs.

1. My doctor wants me to be tested for diabetes.

我的醫生要我去做個檢查，看是否患有糖尿病。

來自柯林斯例句

2. People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes.

有高血壓的人尤其易患糖尿病。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He suffered from diabetes and gastric ulcers.

他患有糖尿病和胃潰瘍。

來自柯林斯例句

4. In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.

對于糖尿病患者, 醫生告誡他們不要吃糖.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost.

過去，患有糖尿病的女性生下的孩子中約有1/3夭折了。

來自柯林斯例句