sulfonylurea
English
Etymology
sulfonyl + urea
Noun
sulfonylurea (plural sulfonylureas)
- Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas; some are also used as herbicides.
- 2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation
- Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.
- 2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation
Alternative forms
- sulphonylurea
Hypernyms
- secretagogue
Hyponyms
- acetohexamide
- carbutamide
- chlorpropamide
- glibenclamide
- gliclazide
- glimepiride
- glipizide
- gliquidone
- glyclopyramide
- tolbutamide
- tolazamide
- torasemide