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MATURE-ONSET DIABETES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mature-onset diabetes mean?
• MATURE-ONSET DIABETES (noun)
The noun MATURE-ONSET DIABETES has 1 sense:
1. 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 insulin
Familiarity information: MATURE-ONSET DIABETES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MATURE-ONSET DIABETES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 insulin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
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; maturity-onset diabetes mellitus; NIDDM; non-insulin-dependent diabetes; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type II diabetes
Hypernyms ("mature-onset diabetes" is a kind of...):
diabetes mellitus; DM (diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria)
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