prone : Idioms & Phrases


accident-prone

  • adjective satellite having more than the average number of accidents
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error-prone

  • adjective satellite capable of making an error
    erring.
    • all men are error-prone
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ketoacidosis-prone diabetes

  • noun severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
    IDDM; juvenile-onset diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; juvenile diabetes; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type I diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; autoimmune diabetes.
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ketosis-prone diabetes

  • noun severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
    IDDM; juvenile-onset diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; juvenile diabetes; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type I diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; autoimmune diabetes.
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prone float

  • noun a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward
    dead-man's float.
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