Type II diabetes

Variant of Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes definition

Type 2 diabetes

noun

a type of diabetes mellitus, typically appearing after the age of 30, in which increased levels of glucose in the body are not matched by sufficiently increased levels of insulin
also written Type II diabetes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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