maturity-onset diabetes mellitus

Noun maturity-onset diabetes mellitus has 1 sense

• maturity-onset diabetes mellitus(n = noun.state) adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, niddm, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type ii diabetes - 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;
is a kind of diabetes mellitus, dm