1. (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

• adult-onset diabetes
• adult-onset diabetes mellitus
• ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
• ketosis-resistant diabetes
• ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
• mature-onset diabetes
• maturity-onset diabetes
• maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
• niddm
• non-insulin-dependent diabetes
• non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• type ii diabetes

1. (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

• diabetes mellitus
• dm