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DM
abbr.
1. data management
2. deutsche mark

dm
abbr.
decimeter

DM
abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada) deputy minister
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (the former) Deutschmark

dm1
symbol for
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) decimetre

dm2
symbol for
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)
the Internet domain name for Dominica
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.DM - diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"
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
autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I 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
adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II 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
chemical diabetes, latent diabetes - a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures
2.dm - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms
centimeter, centimetre, cm - a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
m, meter, metre - the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Translations
DM ABBR =DeutschmarkDM
dm ABBR =decimetre(s)dm
DM
(Hist) abbr of DeutschmarkDM
abbr of Doctor of medicineDr. med.

dm abbr of decimetre(s) → dm
dm abbr =decimetredm
dm abbr =decimetredm


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