the early stages of diabetes; preclinical diabetes
prediabetes in American English
(priˌdaiəˈbitɪs, -tiz, ˌpridai-)
noun Pathology
1.
a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent
2.
a condition in which the development of diabetes mellitus is expected
Derived forms
prediabetic (priˌdaiəˈbetɪk, ˌpridai-)
adjective or noun
Word origin
[1935–40; pre- + diabetes]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, Rhodesian ridgeback, fluorocarbon, roomette, unit trustpre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal)
Examples of 'prediabetes' in a sentence
prediabetes
Everyone identified as having prediabetes will be offered a place on the programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Researchers tested appetite suppressant lorcaserin on 12,000 prediabetes patients who were overweight or obese.
The Sun (2018)
There are no symptoms and prediabetes is normally only picked up by random blood tests.