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glyburide

US/ˈɡlaɪ.bjəˌɹaɪd/

glyburide is the alternative form of glibenclamide.

Meaning of glibenclamide

Noun

glibenclamide (countable and uncountable, plural glibenclamides)

  1. An oral sulfonylurea antidiabetic C₂₃H₂₈ClN₃O₅S (trademarks Diaβeta, Glycovance, Micronase) used similarly to glipizide.

Origin of glyburide

From gly- (“antihyperglycemic”) + b(enzamide) + ur(ea) + -ide.

Questions about glyburide

What is glyburide the alternative form of?
Glyburide is the alternative form of glibenclamide.
How do you pronounce glyburide?
Glyburide is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪ.bjəˌɹaɪd/ (US).

Words near glyburide in the dictionary

  1. GLWT
  2. GLWTs
  3. Gly
  4. gly-
  5. glyA
  6. glyburide
  7. glybuthiazol
  8. glybuzole
  9. glycaemia
  10. glycaemic
  11. glycaemic index

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glyburide (page history and authors); glibenclamide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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