- sulfonylurea
- sul·fo·nyl·urea
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sulfonylurea
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sulfonylurea — [sul΄fə nil yo͞o rē′ə] n. any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes * * * sul·fo·nyl·u·re·a (sŭl fə nĭl yo͝o rēʹə) n. Any of a group of hypoglycemic drugs, such as… … Universalium
sulfonylurea — [sul΄fə nil yo͞o rē′ə] n. any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes … English World dictionary
Sulfonylurea — Image stack align=right image size=240 image1 c Chlorpropamide Chlorpropamide image2 c Tolazamide Tolazamide image3 c Gliclazide Gliclazide image4 c GlimepirideSulfonylurea (UK: Sulphonylurea) derivatives are a class of antidiabetic drugs that… … Wikipedia
Sulfonylurea receptor — protein Name=ATP binding cassette, sub family C (CFTR/MRP), member 8 caption= width= HGNCid=59 Symbol=ABCC8 AltSymbols=SUR1, HRINS EntrezGene=6833 OMIM=600509 RefSeq=NM 000352 UniProt=Q09428 PDB= ECnumber= Chromosome=11 Arm=p Band=15.1… … Wikipedia
sulfonylurea — noun Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary sulfonyl + New Latin urea Date: 1956 any of several hypoglycemic compounds related to the sulfonamides and used in the oral treatment of diabetes … New Collegiate Dictionary
sulfonylurea — noun Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas … Wiktionary
Sulfonylurea — A class of oral hypoglycemic agents (pills and capsules taken to lower the level of blood glucose) by people with type 2 diabetes. The sulfonylureas increase the secretion of insulin by the pancreas. There are two generations of sulfonylureas.… … Medical dictionary
sulfonylurea — n. (Medicine) any of several compounds which stimulate the pancreatic islet cells to produce insulin (used as a treatment for some forms of diabetes) … English contemporary dictionary
sulfonylurea — noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus • Hypernyms: ↑antidiabetic, ↑antidiabetic drug • Hyponyms: ↑tolazamide, ↑Tolinase, ↑tolbutamide, ↑Orinase * * * … Useful english dictionary
SUR — Sulfonylurea Receptor (Medical » Physiology) ** CNA Surety Corporation (Business » NYSE Symbols) * See Us Run (Community » Sports) * Southern United Raza (Miscellaneous » Funnies) * Something U Really (Computing » SMS) * Small Unit Radio… … Abbreviations dictionary
