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DM vs maturity-onset diabetes mellitus

maturity-onset diabetes mellitus vs DM

DM and maturity-onset diabetes mellitus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
DM Yes No No No
maturity-onset diabetes mellitus Yes No No No
As nouns, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus is a hyponym of DM; that is, maturity-onset diabetes mellitus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than DM:
  • DM: diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
  • maturity-onset diabetes mellitus: 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
Other hyponyms of DM include autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes, adult-onset diabetes, adult-onset diabetes mellitus, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, ketosis-resistant diabetes, ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, mature-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type II diabetes, chemical diabetes, latent diabetes.
DM (noun) maturity-onset diabetes mellitus (noun)
diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria 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
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