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chemical diabetes ThesaurusNoun | 1. | chemical diabetes - a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedureslatent diabetesdiabetes mellitus, DM - diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say `diabetes' they usually mean `diabetes mellitus'" | EncyclopediaSeediabeteschemical diabetes
la·tent di·a·be·tesprediabetic, mild form of diabetes mellitus in which the patient displays no overt symptoms, but displays certain abnormal responses to diagnostic procedures, such as an elevated fasting blood glucose concentration or reduced glucose tolerance. Term declared obsolete by American Diabetes Association. Synonym(s): chemical diabeteschemical diabetes1. Asymptomatic DM, a stage in which no obvious clinical signs and symptoms of the disease are present but blood glucose measurements are abnormal. 2. Type 2 DM occurring in an obese child or adolescent. The syndrome is sometimes referred to as “mature onset diabetes of youth” (MODY). See also: diabeteschemical diabetes
Synonyms for chemical diabetesnoun a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic proceduresSynonymsRelated Words |