type 2 diabetes

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Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of type 2 diabetes

: a common form of diabetes mellitus that develops especially in adults and most often in obese individuals and that is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production — called also non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus

Recent Examples of type 2 diabetes from the Web

If left untreated, pre-diabetes increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and death.

— naseem s. miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando free clinic Grace Medical Home part of pre-diabetes study," 13 Apr. 2018
Diabetes Workshop WEST HARTFORD — LiveWell Diabetes Self-Management Workshop, sponsored by the West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District, is for individuals with type 2 diabetes or their caregivers.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Windsor Edition," 10 Apr. 2018
The bigger breakfast group also experienced greater reductions in fasting glucose, insulin and insulin resistance scores, all of which indicate decreased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to the study's authors.

— lisa drayer, CNN, "Weight loss can be tied to when, not just what, you eat," 8 Mar. 2018
Obesity and type 2 diabetes raise the risk of many forms of cancer.

— claudia wallis, Scientific American, "Why Pancreatic Cancer Is on the Rise," 1 Apr. 2018
Participants must have had high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Johns Hopkins to continue with international alcohol study despite criticism about funding," 31 Mar. 2018
The Method: Pop metformin, a common treatment for type 2 diabetes.

— gregory barber, WIRED, "The Science Behind the Pursuit of Youth," 27 Mar. 2018
Diabetes Workshop WEST HARTFORD — LiveWell Diabetes Self-Management Workshop, sponsored by the West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District, is for individuals with type 2 diabetes or their caregivers.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Windsor Edition," 27 Mar. 2018
In people with type 2 diabetes, their insulin is either not working correctly or not being produced enough, and high blood sugar often results.

— National Geographic, "Blind Cave Fish May Hold Secret to Treating Diabetes," 22 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of type 2 diabetes

1982

Medical Dictionary

type 2 diabetes

noun \ -ˈtü- \

medical Definition of type 2 diabetes

: diabetes mellitus of a common form that develops especially in adults and most often in obese individuals and that is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production — called also adult-onset diabetes, late-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus