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ANTIDIABETIC DRUG

• ANTIDIABETIC DRUG (noun)
The noun ANTIDIABETIC DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus

Familiarity information: ANTIDIABETIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTIDIABETIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antidiabetic; antidiabetic drug

Hypernyms ("antidiabetic drug" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antidiabetic drug"):

glipzide; Glucotrol (an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas)

DiaBeta; glyburide; Micronase (an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas)

Glucophage; metformin (an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes)

sulfonylurea (antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, Minquass)
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(Chinese proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing."
(Danish proverb)

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