maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
- noun
- /məˈtʃʊrɪti ˈɒnsɛt daɪəˈbiːtɪs ˈmɛlɪtəs/
- Archaic
:
diabetes mellitus de inicio en la madurez
- Her doctor diagnosed her with maturity-onset diabetes mellitus and advised lifestyle changes to manage her blood sugar.
Examples
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Unlike juvenile diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus often does not require insulin injections.
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Obesity can be a major risk factor for developing maturity-onset diabetes mellitus in later life.
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Many adults are diagnosed with maturity-onset diabetes mellitus each year.
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Is maturity-onset diabetes mellitus common in older adults?
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After her check-up, the doctor informed her that she had maturity-onset diabetes mellitus and recommended a diet plan to help control it.
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Many health experts agree that maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent maturity-onset diabetes mellitus in adults.
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Because maturity-onset diabetes mellitus develops gradually, many people do not realize they have it until they experience related health issues.
Synonyms
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A long-term condition that makes blood sugar too high, often in adults and treated with diet and pills
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A long-term condition in adults where the body cannot use blood sugar and is often treated with diet or pills
A long-term condition in adults that makes the body unable to use sugar well and usually needs diet and 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 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 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 + mellitus
The compound splits into a clear modifier and head: 'maturity-onset' = onset at maturity/adulthood and 'diabetes mellitus' = diabetes; together they yield 'diabetes that begins in adulthood', a meaning directly compositional from the parts. Although 'mellitus' is a Latin medical label, knowing 'diabetes' plus 'maturity' and 'onset' allows a B1 learner to infer the adult-onset sense; similar constructions exist in other languages, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Maturity-onset diabetes mellitus comes from the parts maturity-onset and diabetes mellitus. One clear idea is that maturity-onset means the illness 'begins' when someone reaches 'maturity', or adult life, and diabetes mellitus is the medical name for high blood sugar. So the name explains that this is a type of diabetes that starts in adults and is often milder and managed by diet or pills rather than insulin.