prediabetes

[ pree-dahy-uh-bee-tis, -teez, pree-dahy- ]

nounPathology.
  1. a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.

  2. a condition in which the development of diabetes mellitus is expected.

Origin of prediabetes

1
First recorded in 1935–40; pre- + diabetes

Other words from prediabetes

  • pre·di·a·bet·ic [pree-dahy-uh-bet-ik, pree-dahy-], /priˌdaɪ əˈbɛt ɪk, ˌpri daɪ-/, adjective, noun

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