The "mellitus" in the full name of this disease comes from the Latin for "honey-sweet"
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including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, circulation problems, nerve 
damage... [DOC] [TLE] Diabetes mellitus - Wikipedia for Schools [PAR] Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a 
person ... disturbances in the sugar metabolism (insipidus means "without taste" 
in Latin).