maturity-onset diabetes

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maturity-onset diabetes Definition

• (n) 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

maturity-onset diabetes 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