SULFONYLUREA

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 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

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)

 Context examples 

A highly protein bound, longer-acting second-generation sulfonylurea with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Glyburide, NCI Thesaurus)

A second-generation sulfonylurea with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Glisamuride, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other sulfonylureas, glipalamide exerts extra-pancreatic activity, such as increased binding of insulin to insulin receptors on adipocytes.

(Glipalamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to other generations of sulfonylurea compounds, glimepiride is very potent and has a longer duration of action.

(Glimepiride, NCI Thesaurus)

A cyclohexyl-containing sulfonylurea compound with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Glycyclamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glymidine is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells and increasing the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin.

(Glymidine, NCI Thesaurus)

A first generation sulfonylurea with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Heptolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glysobuzole is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glysobuzole, NCI Thesaurus)

Like sulfonylureas, glyprothiazol is able to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.

(Glyprothiazol, NCI Thesaurus)

A chlorophenyl-containing sulfonylurea with hypoglycemic activity.

(Glyparamide, NCI Thesaurus)