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phenformin

phenformin noun: an antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.

Noun

phenformin (uncountable)

  1. An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.

Origin of phenformin

From phen- + form- + -in.

Words formed from phenformin

Questions about phenformin

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

Words near phenformin in the dictionary

  1. phenetole
  2. phenetoles
  3. phenetols
  4. phenetsal
  5. pheneturide
  6. phenformin
  7. phengite
  8. phengites
  9. phengitic
  10. phenglutarimide
  11. phengodid

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