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ANTIDIABETIC DRUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus
Synonyms:
antidiabetic; antidiabetic drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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"):
glipizide; 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)
