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NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?

• NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS (noun)
The noun NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS 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: NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS (noun)

Sense 1

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; non-insulin-dependent diabetes; NIDDM; maturity-onset diabetes mellitus; maturity-onset diabetes; mature-onset diabetes; ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; ketosis-resistant diabetes; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus; ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes; adult-onset diabetes mellitus; type II diabetes

Hypernyms ("non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" 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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