Definition of Chemical diabetes

1. Noun. A mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures.

Exact synonyms: Latent Diabetes
Generic synonyms: Diabetes Mellitus, Dm

Medical Definition of Chemical diabetes

1. A mild form of diabetes mellitus in which the patient displays no overt symptoms, but displays certain abnormal responses to diagnostic procedures, such as an elevated fasting blood glucose concentration or reduced glucose tolerance. Synonym: chemical diabetes. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemical Diabetes

chemical chain
chemical change
chemical clock
chemical complexity
chemical composition
chemical compositions
chemical compound
chemical compounds
chemical conjunctivitis
chemical decomposition
chemical defence
chemical defense
chemical dependency
chemical depilatory
chemical dermatitis
chemical diabetes (current term)
chemical ecology
chemical element
chemical elements
chemical energies
chemical energy
chemical engineer
chemical engineering
chemical engineers
chemical equation
chemical equilibrium
chemical evolution
chemical eye injuries
chemical fingerprint
chemical flux

Literary usage of Chemical diabetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"... syphilis, beriberi, and malaria; (b) chronic infectious diseases: tuberculosis and leprosy; III. indirectly toxic: Chemical: Diabetes, gout, rheumatism, ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"... syphilis, beriberi, and malaria; (b) chronic infectious diseases: tuberculosis and leprosy; III. indirectly toxic: Chemical: Diabetes, gout, rheumatism, ..."

3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"O'Sullivan JM, Mahan CM: Prospective study of 352 young patients with chemical diabetes. N Engl J Med 278:1038, 1968 26. Rushforth NB, Miller M, ..."

4. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General by Audrey F. Manley (1998)
"... Nygaard E, Gad P. Physical training and glucose tolerance in middle-aged men with chemical diabetes. Diabetes 1979;28:30-32. ..."

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