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
severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
a reformer who believes in passive resistance
acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
impervious to being affected
incapable of absorbing or mixing with
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
