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prediabetes

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English diabetes English prediabetes From pre- + diabetes.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 前驅糖尿病 /前驱糖尿病 (qiánqū tángniàobìng) — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖尿病前期 (tángniàobìng qiánqī) — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Finnish: esidiabetes — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • French: prédiabète — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Hungarian: prediabétesz — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Italian: prediabete — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Portuguese: pré-diabetes — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Russian: предиабе́т (prediabét) — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes
  • Spanish: prediabetes — the state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes