maturity-onset diabetes

maturity-onset diabetes

[muh-choor-i-tee on-set, -awn-, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-]
noun Pathology.
diabetes ( def 4 ).

Origin:
1975–80

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maturity-onset diabetes n.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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