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maturity-onset diabetes

[ muh-choo r-i-tee on-set, -awn-, -too r-, -tyoo r-, -chur- ]
/ məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti ˈɒnˌsɛt, -ˈɔn-, -ˈtʊər-, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- /

noun Pathology.

diabetes(def 4).

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Nearby words

  1. mature student,
  2. mature-onset diabetes,
  3. maturely,
  4. maturescent,
  5. maturity,
  6. maturín,
  7. matutinal,
  8. matv,
  9. maty,
  10. matzah

Origin of maturity-onset diabetes

First recorded in 1975–80
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Medicine definitions for maturity-onset diabetes

maturity-onset diabetes

n.

Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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