ADULT-ONSET DIABETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adult-onset diabetes mean? 

• ADULT-ONSET DIABETES (noun)
  The noun ADULT-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: ADULT-ONSET DIABETES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADULT-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 ("adult-onset diabetes" is a kind of...):

diabetes mellitus; DM (diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria)

 Context examples 

Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes.

(Diabetes in Children and Teens, NIH)