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- Rebound
- A swing to a high level of glucose (sugar) in the blood after having a low level. See also: Somogyi effect.
- Receptors
- Regular insulin
- A type of insulin that is fast acting.
- Renal
- Related to the kidneys.
- Renal threshold
- When the blood is holding so much of a substance such as glucose (sugar) that the kidneys allow the excess to spill into the urine. This is also called "kidney threshold," "spilling point," and "leak point."
- Retina
- Retinopathy
- See also: Diabetic retinopathy.
- Risk factor
- Anything that raises the chance that a person will get a disease. With noninsulin-dependent diabetes, people have a greater risk of getting the disease if they weigh a lot more (20 percent or more) than they should.
Read more about this topic: Glossary Of Diabetes