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diabetes mel·li·tus   (mə-lī'təs, měl'ĭ-)   
n.  

  1. A severe, chronic form of diabetes caused by insufficient production of insulin and resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The disease, which typically appears in childhood or adolescence, is characterized by increased sugar levels in the blood and urine, excessive thirst, frequent urination, acidosis, and wasting. Also called insulin-dependent diabetes, type 1 diabetes.

  2. A mild form of diabetes that typically appears first in adulthood and is exacerbated by obesity and an inactive lifestyle. This disease often has no symptoms, is usually diagnosed by tests that indicate glucose intolerance, and is treated with changes in diet and an exercise regimen. Also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes, type 2 diabetes.


[New Latin diabētēs mellītus : Latin diabētēs, diabetes + Latin mellītus, honey-sweet.]
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type 2 diabetes or type II diabetes  
n.  See diabetes mellitus.
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Main Entry: type 2 diabetes
Pronunciation: -'tü-
Function: noun
: diabetes mellitus of a common form that develops especially in adults and most oftenin obese individuals and that is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production called alsoadult-onset diabetes, late-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetesmellitus
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type 2 diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a public health threat that rivals HIV/AIDS in its reach and deadly toll. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), an alliance of diabetes associations in more than 160 countries, has described diabetes mellitus as a "global epidemic with devastating humanitarian, social, and economic consequences." The most prevalent form of the disease-accounting for 90% to 95% of diabetes cases-is type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), formerly known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes. At least 7 million people develop T2DM each year, and 3.8 million people die from complications of the disease. "Yet awareness of the global scale of the diabetes threat," the IDF contends, "remains pitifully low."

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