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Definition of Maturity-onset diabetes
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Diabetes Mellitus, Dm
Medical Definition of Maturity-onset diabetes
1. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maturity-onset Diabetes
Literary usage of Maturity-onset diabetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"When one identical twin develops maturity-onset diabetes, 90 percent of the time
the second twin will also develop the disease. On the other hand, ..."
2. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Bell GI, Xiang KS, Newman MV, Wu SH, Wright LG, Fajans SS, Spielman RS, Cox NJ:
Gene for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (maturity-onset diabetes of ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"A condition resembling maturity-onset diabetes of humans has not been reported
in dogs and cats (Capen et al., l975). Canine ( Rosenblum ^ta^., l979) and ..."
4. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"A prospective study of maturity-onset diabetes mellitus and risk of coronary
heart disease and stroke in women. Arch Intern Med 1991;151: 1141-7. 224. ..."
5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), a subtype of NIDDM
characterised by onset in the first or second decade of life and autosomal ..."
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