Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Altersdiabetes / "Alterszucker" (umg.)
English translation:
type II diabetes / adult-onset diabetes / "old-age" diabetes (coll.)
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
May 14, 2003 11:39
21 yrs ago
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German term
Meticulous, competent and accurate
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Hindi to English
Alterszucker
German to English
Medical
90 bis 95 Prozent der Diabetes-Patienten leiden an dem oft als „Alterszucker“ verharmlosten Typ-2-Diabetes.
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Alison Schwitzgebel
France
France
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English
France
Words that work
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, German
Works in: German to English, Germanic(Other) to English, French to English
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"Old age" diabetes
although personally I'd skip that part and just say X% suffer from type II diabetes.
HTH
Alison
HTH
Alison
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NIDDM; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Type II diabetes, described in "Pschyrembel" as "so-called adult or old-age diabetes, tending to occur late in life, frequently occurring in families and thus probably inherited. Viral and auto-immune factors cannot be established, and there is no connection to the human leucocyte antigen system.
The minority are of normal weight (IIa) and the majority overweight (IIb)."
The minority are of normal weight (IIa) and the majority overweight (IIb)."
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adult onset diabetes
I have heard this term before
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Jeannie Graham
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Dirgis (X)
: that's what it is called in all my biology and nutrition textbooks (American)
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Ino66 (X)
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Dave Timms
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical/ medical since 1990
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'age-onset' , 'adult-onset' or 'mature-onset' diabetes
Type-2 diabetes is commonly known as either of these 3 suggestions above.
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Martina Keskintepe
: adult-onset diabetes is confirmed by the Thieme medical dictionary
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Ino66 (X)
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