NIDDM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults
   • can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors
   • can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
   Synonym(s)
   • adult-onset diabetes (what does adult-onset diabetes mean?)
   • adult-onset diabetes mellitus (what does adult-onset diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes (what does ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mean?)
   • ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus (what does ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • ketosis-resistant diabetes (what does ketosis-resistant diabetes mean?)
   • ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus (what does ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • mature-onset diabetes (what does mature-onset diabetes mean?)
   • maturity-onset diabetes (what does maturity-onset diabetes mean?)
   • maturity-onset diabetes mellitus (what does maturity-onset diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • non-insulin-dependent diabetes (what does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mean?)
   • non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (what does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • type II diabetes (what does type II diabetes mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) NIDDM is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diabetes mellitus (what does diabetes mellitus mean?)
   • DM (what does DM mean?)