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Mellitus is Latin for "Honey-Sweet" or "Sweet like Honey",(both appear in online defiinitions of Mellitus). This is believed to have been because ancient diagnosis of diabeties was done by the persons urine having a very sweet taste to it. (There is no mention as to who or how it was tested to find this out).

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