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glinide

US/ˈɡlaɪˌnaɪd/

glinide is the contraction of meglitinide.

Meaning of meglitinide

Noun

meglitinide (countable and uncountable, plural meglitinides)

  1. Any of a class of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.
  2. A chemical compound which is the prototype of this drug class (see drawing).

Forms of glinide

pluralglinides

Words formed from glinide

Questions about glinide

What is glinide the contraction of?
Glinide is the contraction of meglitinide.
How do you pronounce glinide?
Glinide is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪˌnaɪd/ (US).

Words near glinide in the dictionary

  1. Glina
  2. Glincel
  3. Glincels
  4. glindex
  5. glindexes
  6. glinide
  7. glinides
  8. glinse
  9. glinsed
  10. glinses
  11. glinsing

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