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
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| NIDDM |
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| adult-onset diabetes |
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| adult-onset diabetes mellitus |
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| ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes |
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| ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus |
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| ketosis-resistant diabetes |
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| ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus |
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| mature-onset diabetes |
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| maturity-onset diabetes |
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| maturity-onset diabetes mellitus |
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| non-insulin-dependent diabetes |
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| non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
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| type II diabetes |
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