What does non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus mean?
• NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS (noun) The noun NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS used as a noun is very rare.