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

In a meta-analysis, researchers found that people with type 2 diabetes who supplemented with soluble fiber reduced:5 Hemoglobin A1c Fasting glucose levels Fasting insulin levels Insulin resistance 3. —Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024

The analysis of a six-year period showed a 30% decrease in obesity risk for babies conceived or born during rationing, with a faster increase in type 2 diabetes and hypertension in those after the sugar ration ended. —Sam Tupper, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

The scientists concluded that the significantly lower risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension among people born during rationing was primarily due to their lower sugar intake in early life. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

Combining food surveys and sugar sales from the 1950s with medical records of adults from the UK Biobank database, the team found that people conceived or born after 1953 had higher risks of type 2 diabetes and hypertension decades later than those born during rationing. —Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024

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