type 2 diabetes

or type II diabetes

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noun

a mild, sometimes asymptomatic form of diabetes mellitus characterized by diminished tissue sensitivity to insulin and sometimes by impaired beta cell function, exacerbated by obesity and often treatable by diet and exercise.

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Also called non-in·su·lin-de·pend·ent di·a·be·tes

[non-in-suh-lin-di-pen-duhnt, -ins-yuh-], /nɒnˈɪn sə lɪn dɪˌpɛn dənt, -ˈɪns yə-/, a·dult-on·set di·a·be·tes, ma·tu·ri·ty-on·set di·a·be·tes

[muh-choor-i-tee on-set, -awn-, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-] /məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti ˈɒnˌsɛt, -ˈɔn-, -ˈtʊər-, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr-/ .

Words nearby type 2 diabetes

Tynwald, typ., typal, type, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, Type A, type A personality, Type B, typebar, type B personality

How to use type 2 diabetes in a sentence

But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
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But Ally knows better and dresses tastefully for her age and body type now.
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Sabrine was the outgoing, sociable type, and had many friends, while Ziad was shy and a little more introverted.
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Mistletoe is basically a vampire—but one of those an anti-hero type vampires.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
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Though the average speaker is generally limited by one type of voice, which he varies somewhat, it is not often disguised.
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In diabetes its presence is a grave symptom and often forewarns of approaching coma.
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Accustomed to a written character, their eyes became wearied by the crabbedness and formality of type.
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