dm

Noun dm has 2 senses

• dm(n = noun.state) diabetes mellitus - diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"
is a kind of diabetes
has particulars: autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, iddm, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type i diabetes, 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, chemical diabetes, latent diabetes

• dm(n = noun.quantity) decimeter, decimetre - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter;
is a kind of metric linear unit
has parts: centimeter, centimetre, cm
is a part of m, meter, metre