metformin

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A biguanide derivative, C4H11N5, used, now chiefly as the hydrochloride, as an oral hypoglycemic agent in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus; 1,1-dimethylbiguanide.

Similar words

buformin phenformin biguanide biguanidine diguanide glyburide diabetol etoformin glibutimine miglitol

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Word family

metformins