sugar sickness

noun

Diabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.

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Meanings

nounsugar sickness (uncountable)
  1. South Africauncountableotherwise archaicDiabetes; especially type 2 diabetes.

Origin

From sugar + sickness, in reference to type 2 diabetes often being caused by a prolonged high-sugar diet, and that people with diabetes have chronic hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar.

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APA

sugar sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20sickness

MLA

“sugar sickness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20sickness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar sickness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20sickness.

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