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

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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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