adult-onset diabetes

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

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• noun 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