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gestational diabetes

noun

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Glucose intolerance that first develops during pregnancy and usually resolves after delivery.

Her gestational diabetes was picked up on a routine glucose tolerance test at 28 weeks.

Similar: GDM

Topic: Endocrine & diabetes in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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