maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
ma·tu·ri·tyonsetdiabetesmellitus
noun
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
- type II diabetes
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- NIDDM
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- ketosis-resistant diabetes
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
- adult-onset diabetes mellitus
- adult-onset diabetes
- maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
- maturity-onset diabetes
- mature-onset diabetes
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