| 释义 |
prediaˈbetic, a. and n. Path.
[pre- B. 1.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a person in whom it appears that diabetes mellitus is likely to develop, but who does not exhibit its full symptoms.
B. n. A prediabetic person.
1921Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 Jan. 79/2 A prediabetic stage in fat persons has been recognized. Ibid. 83/2 It is to the diabetic patient and his relatives that one can look most confidently for help in preventing diabetes... Such measures, however, are but general, and they will never suffice for the prediabetic. 1954Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. XIV. 177 The high rates of fetal loss and the production of large babies are exemplified by the pregnancies of pre⁓diabetic women in the Cape Town region. 1962H. Zarowitz in Ellenberg & Rifkin Clin. Diabetes Mellitus xi. 164 Because the hereditary potential for diabetes has been firmly established, this prediabetic state can occur at any time from birth to senescence. 1970D. M. Kipnis in Cerasi & Luft Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus 46 Insulin sensitivity may be increased rather than decreased in pre⁓diabetics. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 1–b/5 Our baby will most likely be pre-diabetic (genetically disposed to diabetes, but not necessarily diabetic).
So prediaˈbetes, the prediabetic state.
1937Endocrinol. XXI. 195 ‘Prediabetes’ in obesity is of interest because of its possible bearing on certain problems concerning the intermediate carbohydrate metabolism in obesity. 1964New Scientist 27 Aug. 482/3 ‘Prediabetes’, or the early stages, has been found in a surprisingly high percentage of the population.., and it is now known that definite changes can be detected before there is a noticeable rise in the blood sugar level. 1970Camerini-Dávalos & Cole Early Diabetes iv. 256 Prediabetes is the condition of those persons who, because of a strong hereditary tendency, have a high probability for the later development of diabetes but in whom at the time of study, all tests of carbohydrate tolerance yield normal results. |