“maturity onset”

The following 2 entries include the term maturity onset.

maturity-onset diabetes

noun

maturity-onset diabetes of the young

noun

: type 2 diabetes of a relatively mild form that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and occurs in late adolescence or early adulthood abbreviation MODY


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