non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- noun
- /nɒnˈɪnsəlin dɪəˈbiːtɪs/
- Archaic
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diabetes tipo 2
- Many people manage their non-insulin-dependent diabetes through diet and exercise.
Examples
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Is non-insulin-dependent diabetes related to obesity?
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After being diagnosed with non-insulin-dependent diabetes, she managed the condition through careful diet and exercise.
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Many people with non-insulin-dependent diabetes can avoid insulin therapy by making lifestyle changes.
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Obesity is a significant risk factor for developing non-insulin-dependent diabetes in adulthood.
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Many adults are diagnosed with non-insulin-dependent diabetes each year.
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Regular physical activity can help prevent non-insulin-dependent diabetes in at-risk individuals.
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Non-insulin-dependent diabetes often develops in adults who are overweight.
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 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 condition in adults that makes the body unable to use sugar well and usually needs diet and pills
A long term illness in adults where the body cannot use sugar well and is treated by diet or pills
A condition in adults where the body cannot use insulin well, causing high blood sugar
A common adult disease where blood sugar becomes too high and is often treated with diet and pills
A mild diabetes in adults that rarely causes blood acid and doctors treat with diet or tablets not insulin
A mild adult condition of high blood sugar usually controlled by diet and pills, not insulin
A mild diabetes in adults controlled by diet and pills rather than insulin
A mild adult illness that develops slowly with high blood sugar and usually does not cause ketosis
Antonyms
A long-term disease in which the body cannot make insulin and needs injections to control blood sugar
How Insulin-Dependent
- Archaic
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
non-insulin-dependent + diabetes
The phrase is fully compositional: 'non-' (not) + 'insulin-dependent' (requiring insulin) + 'diabetes' yields 'diabetes that is not dependent on insulin' (i.e., type 2 diabetes). This morphological negation and noun modification pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes: The medical name non-insulin-dependent diabetes literally says the illness is not dependent on injected insulin. Because many people with this form still make some insulin and can often control it with diet and exercise, the phrase came to mean 'type 2 diabetes' today.