type 2 diabetes

noun

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: 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

Examples of type 2 diabetes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is also a 55% greater chance of obesity and a 40% higher probability of developing type 2 diabetes. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025

People with type 2 diabetes already have a higher risk of fractures, and taking a TZD like pioglitazone may increase fracture risk further by lowering bone mineral density. —Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025

This state can lead to type 2 diabetes where blood sugar levels spike and our pancreas struggles to pump out enough insulin to process it. —New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025

He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes In early 2020, Gardell was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

type 2 diabetes

noun

-ˈtü- 

: 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