type 2 diabetes

noun

ˈtīp-ˈtü- 

: 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

The company has benefited from a shifting diabetes-treatment landscape, including the growing popularity of GLP-1 drugs, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and have helped bring greater attention to glucose monitoring. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026

In people with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance makes this process less effective. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

The researchers also saw the effect in mice with type 2 diabetes and severe insulin deficiency. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

The tools for detecting type 1 and type 2 diabetes are different. — Nick Jonas, Time, 5 Nov. 2026

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