| type ii diabetes | (n) 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, Syn. non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, adult-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, maturity-onset diabetes, mature-onset diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, NIDDM, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus |