maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
maturity-onset diabetes mellitus

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mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin 
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