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SULFONYLUREA

Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfonylurea mean?

• SULFONYLUREA (noun)
The noun SULFONYLUREA has 1 sense:

1. antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus

Familiarity information: SULFONYLUREA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SULFONYLUREA (noun)

Sense 1

sulfonylurea ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sulfonylurea" is a kind of...):

antidiabetic; antidiabetic drug (a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus)

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

tolazamide; Tolinase (a drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus)

Orinase; tolbutamide (sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus)

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