insulin resistance
insulin resistance
Noun
This term is a clinical designation used primarily in medical and biological contexts to describe a metabolic dysfunction. It carries a neutral, diagnostic tone and is typically used by healthcare professionals to explain the physiological mechanism leading to hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes.
As a medical condition describing a systemic state of the body, the term is treated as an uncountable noun. It does not have a plural form in standard medical discourse; one does not refer to multiple "insulin resistances" when discussing different patients, but rather refers to the presence or severity of the condition.
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