mature-onset diabetes

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ma·ture-on·set diabetes

(mə-tyo͝or′ŏn′sĕt′, -ôn′, -to͝or′-, -cho͝or′-)

Type 2 diabetes.

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mature-onset diabetes - 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, maturity-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, 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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Mature-onset diabetes becomes more common as people get older, largely due to being overweight.

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Cranmer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, dioxin exposures may boost the risk of mature-onset diabetes. If such exposures trigger the disease at a younger age, or in response to a smaller weight gain, they could have "calamitous" consequences for health care costs, she notes, and diminish the quality of life for increasing numbers of people.

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The Ombudsman says Ms J was diagnosed incorrectly as suffering from mature-onset diabetes in youth in 1996.