~ DIABETES id+ | "TO PASS THROUGH" | 
^u           id+ | "TO BE LIKE A WATER PIPE | 
  etym> note "DIA" as a prefix found in a series of 
        medical terms 
  gr  DIABAINEIN    = TO PASS THROUGH 
  lat                 WATER PIPE 
  ukr    ZUKHRITSIA   DIABETES or SWEET WATER MAKING 
         ZUKHOR       SUGAR from Arab ZHAKHAR 
  sp    AZUCAR        same  
  note  SACARINE SACCHARIDES SUGAR 
  med>  MELLITUS implies SWEET like HONEY 
        INSIPIDUS        INSIPID 
  denoting TWO ETIOLOGIES causing "PASSING WATER" 
  one due to a deficit of INSULIN and the other 
  due to a deficit of anti DIA or DIUretic hormone  
  med> note implications of "TO PASS" in 
       DIArrhea, DIAgnosis and in the sense of 
  "separation" as a septum note DIAphragm, DIAmeter, 
  DIAphysis, DIAlysis, DIAstasis, DIAstema, DIAstole 
  hx> note further domains in DIAbolic, DIAL, DIAry, 
      DIAlect ... DIAdema (head through a crown) 
  DIAtribe implying a grinding as in 
     trismus or "tritura". 

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