- antidiabetic drug
- nouna drug used to treat diabetes mellitus• Syn: ↑antidiabetic• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug• Hyponyms:
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oral antidiabetic drug — see oral hypoglycaemic drug … Medical dictionary
oral antidiabetic drug — oral hypoglycaemic drug … The new mediacal dictionary
antidiabetic — noun a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus • Syn: ↑antidiabetic drug • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
antidiabetic — Counteracting diabetes; denoting an agent that lowers blood sugar ( e.g., tolbutamide, insulin). * * * an·ti·di·a·bet·ic .dī ə bet ik n an antidiabetic drug antidiabetic adj tending to relieve diabetes <antidiabetic drugs> * * *… … Medical dictionary
drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… … Universalium
Drug — /droog/, n. Zoroastrianism. the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood. Cf. Asha. [ < Avestan drauga] * * * I Any chemical agent that affects the function of living things. Some, including antibiotics, stimulants, tranquilizers,… … Universalium
antidiabetic drugs — drugs used to control diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is treated with the wide range of formulations of insulin. Type 2 diabetes is treated mainly with oral hypoglycaemic drug but in some cases insulin may be required … Medical dictionary
medicinal drug — noun (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease • Syn: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament • Derivationally related forms: ↑medicate (for: ↑medication), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
oral hypoglycaemic drug — oral antidiabetic drug one of the group of drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood and are taken by mouth for the treatment of noninsulin dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus. They include the sulphonylurea group (e.g. chlorpropamide … The new mediacal dictionary
Anti-diabetic drug — Anti diabetic drugs treat diabetes mellitus by lowering glucose levels in the blood. With the exceptions of insulin, exenatide, and pramlintide, all are administered orally and are thus also called oral hypoglycemic agents or oral… … Wikipedia
