nondiabetic

adjective

non·​di·​a·​bet·​ic ˌnän-ˌdī-ə-ˈbe-tik How to pronounce nondiabetic (audio)
: not affected with diabetes : not diabetic
nondiabetic patients
also : not related to or caused by diabetes
nondiabetic kidney disease
nondiabetic noun
differences in blood sugar levels of diabetic patients and nondiabetics

Examples of nondiabetic in a Sentence

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Additionally, the team monitored the nondiabetic mice for one month after stopping treatment and found that the beta cell mass did not change—in other words, the cells survived. Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024 In the new study, the researchers transplanted grafts of living human pancreatic islets (cell clusters containing beta cells) into the kidneys of diabetic and nondiabetic mice. Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 29 July 2024 This is appropriate for symptoms whether a person is diabetic or nondiabetic. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023 As the market for new weight loss drugs soars, people with diabetes pay the price These are not medications to be taken by nondiabetic people who do not have obesity. Katia Hetter, CNN, 5 May 2023 According to a more recent study, the drug could also help nondiabetic individuals lose weight as well: Subjects who received the drug reported losing three times more weight over a six-month period than those who received a placebo. Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010 The levels of killer T cells in the bloodstream were remarkably similar across all three groups, including the nondiabetic people. Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021 For example, a six-year study of the generic diabetes drug metformin in 3,000 older nondiabetic adults will likely begin this year, notes Barzilai of the Institute for Aging Research. San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019 Researchers tested this by transferring microbes from a diabetic mouse to a nondiabetic mouse. Ilene Raymond Rush, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nondiabetic was in 1894

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“Nondiabetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nondiabetic. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

nondiabetic

1 of 2 adjective
non·​di·​a·​bet·​ic -ˌdī-ə-ˈbet-ik How to pronounce nondiabetic (audio)
: not affected with diabetes
nondiabetic persons

nondiabetic

2 of 2 noun
: an individual not affected with diabetes
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