non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - 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

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, type II diabetes

diabetes mellitus, DM - diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'"

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adult-onset diabetes adult-onset diabetes mellitus diabetes mellitus DM 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 type II diabetes			Type 2 diabetes was used to be called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes. Sugar High Diabetes the Killer Disease by Charlene J. Nuble / Food/cooking/nutrition community This type of diabetes is also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Fighting Diabetes Mellitus.. by Ashish Jain / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community Type 2, previously known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes; in type 2 diabetes, cell become resistant to insulin. Common of Diabetes by Paul Kanute / Health care industry community			Non-Episcopal non-essential non-EU non-Euclidean non-Euclidean geometry non-event non-executive non-existence non-existent non-expendable supplies and material non-fattening Non-feasance non-ferrous non-fiction non-finite non-flammable non-flowering plant non-fulfilment non-governmental non-Hodgkin's lymphoma non-impact printer non-inertial frame non-infectious non-inflammable non-insulin-dependent diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus non-intervention non-invertible non-involvement non-ionic detergent non-iron non-issue non-Jew non-laddering non-lethal non-linear approach non-living non-malignant non-market economy non-member non-metal non-metric non-miscible non-native non-naturalism non-negotiable non-nuclear non-nucleoside non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor non-observance non-operational			Non-industrial water filtration Non-industrial water filtration Non-inertial frame Non-inertial reference frame Non-Infarct Related Ejection Fraction Non-Infarcted Zone non-infectious non-infectious infections Non-Infectious Lung Complications Non-Infiltrative Basal Cell Carcinoma non-inflammable Non-Inflammatory Bowel Disease Non-Inflammatory Neurological Disease Non-Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Non-Initiation-of-Force Non-Injecting Drug Users Non-Injecting Heroin User Non-Injecting Routes of Administration Non-Injurious Free on Board Non-Instructed Advocacy Non-Insulin Deficient Hyperglycemia Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes in the Young Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Non-Insulin Requiring Autoimmune Diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) Non-Insulin-Mediated Glucose Uptake Non-Insulin-Requiring Diabetes Non-Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus Non-Insurance Risk Non-Insurance Risks Non-Insured Assistance Program Non-Insured Health Benefits Non-Insured Plan Non-Insured Plans Non-Integer Slater-Type Orbital Non-integrable system Non-integrable system Non-Integral Vibration Non-Integrated Autologous Free Graft Non-Integrated COMSEC Non-Integrated Radar Non-Intelligent Terminal Protocol Non-interactive Non-Interactive Sequence Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Proof of Knowledge Non-Intercourse Act Non-Interest Bearing Current Liabilities Non-Interest Bearing Current Liability

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