maturity-onset
Medicine
adjective
Designating a disease, especially a non-insulin-dependent form of diabetes mellitus, which typically develops in adult life as opposed to childhood; (of a person) affected with a disease of this kind.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
- Johnson, Thomas
- Johnson, Walter
- Johnson, William
- John, St
- Johnston
- Johnston Atoll
- Johnston, Joseph E.
- Johnstown
- John the Baptist, St
- John the Divine
- John the Evangelist, St
- John the Fortunate
- Johor
- Johor Baharu
- Johore
- joie de vivre
- join
- joinable
- join battle
- joinder
- joined-up
- joined-up government
- joiner
- joinery
- join forces