| NOUN | artifact | antidiabetic drug, antidiabetic | a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus |
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| Meaning | A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus. | |
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| Synonym | antidiabetic | |
| Narrower | glipizide, Glucotrol | An oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas |
| glyburide, DiaBeta, Micronase | An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas | |
| metformin, Glucophage | 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 | |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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