Definition of prediabetic in English:
prediabetic
adjective ˌpriːdʌɪəˈbɛtɪkˌpriˌdaɪəˈbɛdɪk
Medicine Relating to or having prediabetes.
he dropped 30lbs after giving up sugar and starch when he was diagnosed as prediabetic
a further 57 million people are considered to be in a prediabetic state
Example sentencesExamples
- She used to be prediabetic and suffered from thyroid issues.
- There's no getting around the fact that we are a prediabetic society with an obesity epidemic.
- Two years later, he had lost 50 pounds and was no longer prediabetic.
- His blood-sugar reading was just below the prediabetic range.
- Borderline obese and prediabetic, he realized he had to restore his health and reel in his waistline.
noun ˌpriːdʌɪəˈbɛtɪkˌpriˌdaɪəˈbɛdɪk
Medicine A person who has prediabetes.
between five and ten per cent of prediabetics transition to diabetes each year
Example sentencesExamples
- Once a person is labeled as a prediabetic, an intervention plan needs to be put in place to prevent the patient from developing diabetes.
- A review of the best studies done to date found that the intake of cinnamon by type 2 diabetics or prediabetics does lower their blood glucose significantly.
- Prediabetics almost always develop diabetes, and this showed that surgical treatment could put them on a new pathway away from the disease.
- Weight was marginally higher in prediabetics, but body condition did not indicate obesity.
- There are 25 million diagnosed diabetics in the U.S. alone and over 50 million prediabetics.
Definition of prediabetic in US English:
prediabetic
adjectiveˌpriˌdaɪəˈbɛdɪkˌprēˌdīəˈbedik
Medicine Relating to or having prediabetes.
he dropped 30 lbs after giving up sugar and starch when he was diagnosed as prediabetic
a further 57 million people are considered to be in a prediabetic state
Example sentencesExamples
- Two years later, he had lost 50 pounds and was no longer prediabetic.
- Borderline obese and prediabetic, he realized he had to restore his health and reel in his waistline.
- There's no getting around the fact that we are a prediabetic society with an obesity epidemic.
- His blood-sugar reading was just below the prediabetic range.
- She used to be prediabetic and suffered from thyroid issues.
nounˌpriˌdaɪəˈbɛdɪkˌprēˌdīəˈbedik
Medicine A person who has prediabetes.
between five and ten percent of prediabetics transition to diabetes each year
Example sentencesExamples
- Once a person is labeled as a prediabetic, an intervention plan needs to be put in place to prevent the patient from developing diabetes.
- Prediabetics almost always develop diabetes, and this showed that surgical treatment could put them on a new pathway away from the disease.
- There are 25 million diagnosed diabetics in the U.S. alone and over 50 million prediabetics.
- A review of the best studies done to date found that the intake of cinnamon by type 2 diabetics or prediabetics does lower their blood glucose significantly.
- Weight was marginally higher in prediabetics, but body condition did not indicate obesity.