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maturity-onset diabetes
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  maturity-onset diabetes - mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulinadult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetesdiabetes 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'" |
maturity-onset diabetes
maturity-onset diabetes[mə′chu̇r·əd·ē ¦ȯn‚set ‚dī·ə′bēd·əs] (medicine) A type of diabetes mellitus which develops later in life; characterized by more gradual development and less severe symptoms than juvenile-onset diabetes. maturity-onset diabetes
Type 2 di·a·be·tes (tīp dī-ă-bē'tēz) A condition characterized by high blood glucose levels caused by either a lack of insulin or the body's inability to use insulin efficiently. Type 2 diabetes develops most often in middle-aged and older adults but can appear in young people.
Synonym(s): maturity-onset diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. maturity-onset diabetes DIABETES MELLITUS developing in or after middle age and caused by a relative insufficiency of INSULIN production by the PANCREAS. The condition is of more gradual development than insulin-dependency diabetes and can often be treated by diet or oral HYPOGLYCAEMIC drugs rather than by insulin. In general, it is associated with less severe symptoms than juvenile-onset (Type I) diabetes, but complications such as eye and kidney disease are common. Also known as Type II diabetes.maturity-onset diabetes
Synonyms for maturity-onset diabetesnoun mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adultsSynonyms- adult-onset diabetes
- adult-onset diabetes mellitus
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- ketosis-resistant diabetes
- ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- mature-onset diabetes
- maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
- NIDDM
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- type II diabetes
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