Sentence:  One respondent said that he had been told by his doctor that he had <WSD>'sugar</WSD>' and diabetes, thus affirming for him the distinctiveness of the two illnesses. The distinction made sense to some of them as the relationship between diabetes and <WSD>'sugar</WSD>' seemed to relate to their experiences of the West Indies, where <WSD>'sugar</WSD>' was believed to be rare and diabetes common. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Diabetes.