seizure-alert dog | a dog that can alert or assist people with seizure disorders |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
air alert | the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy air attack |
alarm alert warning signal alarum | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
alert alerting | a warning serves to make you more alert to danger |
Emergency Alert System EAS | a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA, enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events |
alert qui vive | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action, bombers were put on alert during the crisis |
air alert | the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation, aircraft in the Mideast are on air alert |
red alert | the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger) |
strip alert | a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft, the Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country |
diabetes | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood, any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst |
diabetes mellitus DM | diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria, when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus' |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | 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 |
d type II diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes ketosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketosisesistant diabetes ketoacidosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketoacidosisesistant diabetes adult-onset diabetes mellitus adult-onset diabetes maturity-onset diabetes mellitus maturity-onset diabetes mature-onset diabetes | mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults, can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors, can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin |
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus | diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin |
diabetes insipidus | a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys), characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst |
latent diabetes chemical diabetes | a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures |
hemochromatosis iron-storage disease iron overload bronzed diabetes | pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues, characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints |
air alert | the time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attack |
go to pot go to the dogs | become ruined, His business went to pot when economy soured |
alarm alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness, The empty house alarmed him, We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries |
pour pelt stream rain cats and dogs rain buckets | rain heavily, Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! |
alert watchful | engaged in or accustomed to close observation, caught by a couple of alert cops, alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came, constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty |
alert alive(p) awake(p) | mentally perceptive and responsive,an alert mind, alert to the problems, alive to what is going on, awake to the dangers of her situation, was now awake to the reality of his predicament |
alert brisk lively merry rattling snappy spanking zippy | quick and energetic, a brisk walk in the park, a lively gait, a merry chase, traveling at a rattling rate, a snappy pace, a spanking breeze |