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Definition of Maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maturity-onset Diabetes Mellitus
Literary usage of Maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Gru 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. ..."
2. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... Arky RA, Speizer FE, Hennekens CH: A prospective study of maturity-onset
diabetes mellitus and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women. ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... I) rather than maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, and the dyslipoproteinemia
seen in diabetic animals is not as striking as it usually is in humans. ..."
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