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Definition of Adult-onset diabetes
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Diabetes Mellitus, Dm
Medical Definition of Adult-onset diabetes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adult-onset Diabetes
Literary usage of Adult-onset diabetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... adult-onset diabetes. Diab Res Clin Pract (in press) 8. Pietropaolo M, Eisenbarth
G: Biochemical determination of antibodies to three recombinant human ..."
2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Effects of hypoglycémie agents on vascular complications in patients with
adult-onset diabetes. VII: Mortality and selected nonfatal events with insulin ..."
3. American Indian Task Force Report on the Year 2000: Health Promotion (1993)
"... often called adult onset diabetes, is the more common type of diabetes.
It is frequently related to patient weight and is more often seen in those ..."
4. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages (1993)
"Previously known as "adult-onset" diabetes, this form accounts for over 90 percent
of all cases. Most people with this type of diabetes do not need insulin ..."
5. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The Pritikin diet has also been studied in connection with adult-onset diabetes
mellitus and peripheral vascular disease. Studies suggest that it may show ..."
6. Understanding Gestational Diabetes by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Type II diabetes or noninsulin-dependent diabetes (formerly called adult-onset
diabetes) is also characterized by high blood sugar levels, ..."
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