nondiabetic

adjective

non·​di·​a·​bet·​ic ˌnän-ˌdī-ə-ˈbe-tik 

: not affected with diabetes : not diabetic

nondiabetic patients

also : not related to or caused by diabetes

nondiabetic kidney disease

nondiabetic noun

differences in blood sugar levels of diabetic patients and nondiabetics

Examples of nondiabetic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additionally, the team monitored the nondiabetic mice for one month after stopping treatment and found that the beta cell mass did not change—in other words, the cells survived. —Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024

In the new study, the researchers transplanted grafts of living human pancreatic islets (cell clusters containing beta cells) into the kidneys of diabetic and nondiabetic mice. —Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024

This is appropriate for symptoms whether a person is diabetic or nondiabetic. —Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023

As the market for new weight loss drugs soars, people with diabetes pay the price These are not medications to be taken by nondiabetic people who do not have obesity. —Katia Hetter, CNN, 5 May 2023

According to a more recent study, the drug could also help nondiabetic individuals lose weight as well: Subjects who received the drug reported losing three times more weight over a six-month period than those who received a placebo. —Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010

The levels of killer T cells in the bloodstream were remarkably similar across all three groups, including the nondiabetic people. —Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021

For example, a six-year study of the generic diabetes drug metformin in 3,000 older nondiabetic adults will likely begin this year, notes Barzilai of the Institute for Aging Research. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019

Researchers tested this by transferring microbes from a diabetic mouse to a nondiabetic mouse. —Ilene Raymond Rush, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nondiabetic

• aeromagnetic
• antiemetic
• antipathetic
• apologetic
• biogenetic
• biomimetic
• biosynthetic
• cytogenetic
• diagenetic
• diamagnetic
• diaphoretic
• epigenetic

Medical Definition

nondiabetic

1 of 2 adjective

non·​di·​a·​bet·​ic -ˌdī-ə-ˈbet-ik 

: not affected with diabetes

nondiabetic persons

nondiabetic

2 of 2 noun

: an individual not affected with diabetes