type ii diabetes
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
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
Synonyms
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
NIDDM
non-insulin-dependent diabetes
ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
ketosis-resistant diabetes
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
adult-onset diabetes mellitus
adult-onset diabetes
maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
maturity-onset diabetes
mature-onset diabetes