nondiabetic
adjective
non·di·a·bet·ic
ˌnän-ˌdī-ə-ˈbe-tik 
: not affected with diabetes : not diabetic
nondiabetic patients
also
: not related to or caused by diabetes
nondiabetic kidney disease
nondiabetic
noun
differences in blood sugar levels of diabetic patients and nondiabetics
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Read: What going ‘wild on health’ looks like Normal glucose patterns for nondiabetic people tend to vary quite a bit from meal to meal and day to day.
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
In the new study, the researchers transplanted grafts of living human pancreatic islets (cell clusters containing beta cells) into the kidneys of diabetic and nondiabetic mice.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024
This is appropriate for symptoms whether a person is diabetic or nondiabetic.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
As the market for new weight loss drugs soars, people with diabetes pay the price These are not medications to be taken by nondiabetic people who do not have obesity.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 5 May 2023
For example, a six-year study of the generic diabetes drug metformin in 3,000 older nondiabetic adults will likely begin this year, notes Barzilai of the Institute for Aging Research.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019
According to a more recent study, the drug could also help nondiabetic individuals lose weight as well: Subjects who received the drug reported losing three times more weight over a six-month period than those who received a placebo.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
In the new study, the researchers transplanted grafts of living human pancreatic islets (cell clusters containing beta cells) into the kidneys of diabetic and nondiabetic mice.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024
This is appropriate for symptoms whether a person is diabetic or nondiabetic.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
As the market for new weight loss drugs soars, people with diabetes pay the price These are not medications to be taken by nondiabetic people who do not have obesity.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 5 May 2023
For example, a six-year study of the generic diabetes drug metformin in 3,000 older nondiabetic adults will likely begin this year, notes Barzilai of the Institute for Aging Research.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019
According to a more recent study, the drug could also help nondiabetic individuals lose weight as well: Subjects who received the drug reported losing three times more weight over a six-month period than those who received a placebo.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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nondiabetic
1 of 2 adjective
non·di·a·bet·ic
-ˌdī-ə-ˈbet-ik
: not affected with diabetes
nondiabetic persons
nondiabetic
2 of 2 noun
: an individual not affected with diabetes
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