diabetes
diabetes は英検準1級・英検1級レベルの英単語で、「糖尿病」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiz/ です。
糖尿病
解説 Definition
膵臓が十分なインスリンを生産できなくなる病気。血糖値が高くなり、健康に悪い影響が出る。
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood properly. It is a health term often used by doctors, in hospitals, and in discussions about diet and lifestyle. There are different types of diabetes, so the exact meaning can depend on the medical context.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず diabetic をセットで覚えると定着しやすいです。diabetes が病名「糖尿病」、diabetic は形容詞・名詞で「糖尿病の／糖尿病患者」。英語では have diabetes, develop diabetes, manage diabetes の形で非常によく出ます。insulin, blood sugar, type 1 / type 2 と一緒に見ると医療文脈で固まりやすいです。語尾の s に引っぱられて複数形のように見えますが、単数の病名としてそのまま使う点も要注意です。
Learn diabetes together with diabetic: the disease and the related adjective/noun. It often appears in phrases like "have diabetes," "develop diabetes," and "manage diabetes." Also note that it ends in s but is treated as one disease name, not a plural word.
例文
Diabetes is a serious health condition that requires careful management.
糖尿病は注意深い管理が必要な深刻な健康状態である。
People with diabetes need to monitor their blood sugar levels.
糖尿病の人は血糖値を監視する必要がある。
Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help prevent diabetes.
定期的な運動と健康的な食事は糖尿病を予防するのに役立つ。
diabetes の類義語・関連語
diabetes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 dia-（通り抜けて）+ bainein（行く・歩く）が原義で「通り抜けるもの」の意。多尿により水分が体を素通りする症状から名付けられた。関連語: diameter（直径）も dia- を共有し「測って通り抜ける」が原義。
Diabetes comes from Greek diabetes, from dia- meaning "through" and bainein meaning "to go" or "walk." The original sense was "something that passes through," referring to the way fluids seemed to move straight through the body in the illness. The medical name grew from that observed symptom rather than from a modern scientific explanation. The prefix dia- also appears in words like diameter.
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