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    NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (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 insulinplay

    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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    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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