סֻכֶּרֶת
Meanings
Feminine noun
1. diabetes (diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin) (pathology)
Pronunciation
sukéret
Examples6
לתּוֹם הייתה סֻכֶּרֶת.
Tom had diabetes.
תּוֹם לוקה בסֻכֶּרֶת סוּג 2.
Tom has type 2 diabetes.
יֵשׁ לָנוּ סֻכֶּרֶת.
We're diabetics.
יֵשׁ לִי סֻכֶּרֶת.
I have diabetes.
חוֹלֵי סֻכֶּרֶת חַיָּבִים בדִּיאֵטָה נְטוּלַת סֻכָּר
Diabetes patients need a low-sugar diet.
לתּוֹם סֻכֶּרֶת.
Tom's diabetic.