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Definition of Sulfonylurea
1. Noun. Antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus.
Specialized synonyms: Tolazamide, Tolinase, Orinase, Tolbutamide
Definition of Sulfonylurea
1. Noun. Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sulfonylurea
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfonylurea
Literary usage of Sulfonylurea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Therefore, the labeling for oral hypoglycemic drugs of the sulfonylurea class shall
... Although only one drug in the sulfonylurea class (tolbutamide) was ..."
2. Herbicides in Asian Rice: Transitions in Weed Management by Rosamond Naylor (1996)
"Mutation frequencies of weeds treated by sulfonylurea herbicides, for example,
... sulfonylurea resistance appeared within 3-5 yr of limited use, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Second Temperate Rice Conference by B Hardy, J E Hill (2002)
"A few years after the introduction of sulfonylurea herbicides, ... Bensulfuron-methyl
was the first sulfonylurea introduced in Italy at the end of the 1980s ..."
4. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"The amount of herbicide applied per acre has fallen with the increased use of
low-rate sulfonylurea herbicides and with reduced-rate applications of ..."
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