maturity-onset diabetes
- noun
- /məˈtʃʊrɪti ˈɒnsɛt daɪəˈbiːtɪs/
- Archaic
:
diabetes de inicio en la madurez
- Many cases of maturity-onset diabetes can be managed with dietary changes and oral medications.
Examples
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Doctors diagnosed her with maturity-onset diabetes after she reported persistent fatigue and increased thirst.
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Obesity is a major risk factor in developing maturity-onset diabetes in later life.
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Many adults develop maturity-onset diabetes as they age.
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Is maturity-onset diabetes common in older adults?
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Doctors diagnosed her with maturity-onset diabetes after she reported persistent fatigue and increased thirst.
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Many cases of maturity-onset diabetes can be managed with dietary changes and oral medications.
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Obesity is a major risk factor in developing maturity-onset diabetes in later life.
Synonyms
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3.9
A long-term condition that makes blood sugar too high, often in adults and treated with diet and pills
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3.2
A long-term condition in adults where the body cannot use blood sugar and is often treated with diet or pills
A long term illness in adults where the body cannot use sugar well and is treated by diet or pills
A common diabetes in adults that is usually controlled by diet or pills and does not need insulin
A long illness in adults that causes high blood sugar and usually does not need insulin injections
A long-term illness where the body cannot use sugar properly and is often managed by diet and exercise
A long-term condition in adults that makes the body unable to use sugar well and usually needs diet and pills
A common adult disease where blood sugar becomes too high and is often treated with diet and pills
A mild adult illness that develops slowly with high blood sugar and usually does not cause ketosis
A mild diabetes in adults controlled by diet and pills rather than insulin
A mild adult condition of high blood sugar usually controlled by diet and pills, not insulin
A mild diabetes in adults that rarely causes blood acid and doctors treat with diet or tablets not insulin
Antonyms
A long-term disease in which the body cannot make insulin and needs injections to control blood sugar
Surface Forms
Morphology
maturity-onset + diabetes
The term is directly compositional: 'maturity-onset' (onset at maturity/adulthood) combined with 'diabetes' yields diabetes that begins in adulthood. This matches the synonymous, transparent formulation 'adult-onset diabetes' and is likely inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Maturity-onset diabetes comes from a simple idea: onset means 'start' and maturity means 'adult life', so the name shows diabetes that 'starts' in adulthood. That's why the term was used for the common, slowly developing form of diabetes that often can be managed with diet or pills and is now called 'type 2'.