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buformin

buformin noun: an antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.

Noun

buformin (uncountable)

  1. An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.

Origin of buformin

From bu(tyl) + -formin (“phenformin derivative”).

Questions about buformin

What does buformin mean?
Buformin means an antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.
What part of speech is buformin?
Buformin is a noun.

Words near buformin in the dictionary

  1. bufonophobia
  2. Buford
  3. Bufords
  4. buforin
  5. buforins
  6. buformin
  7. bufos
  8. bufosteroid
  9. bufosteroids
  10. bufotalin
  11. bufotalins

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