Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dm

2 senses of dm

Sense 1
diabetes mellitus, DM -- (diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'")
       => diabetes -- (a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst)

Sense 2
decimeter, decimetre, dm -- (a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter)
       => metric linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)