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sulfonylureas

sulfonylureas is the plural of sulfonylurea.

Meaning of sulfonylurea

Noun

sulfonylurea (plural sulfonylureas)

  1. Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas; some are also used as herbicides.
    • Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation

Questions about sulfonylureas

What is sulfonylureas the plural of?
Sulfonylureas is the plural of sulfonylurea.

Words near sulfonylureas in the dictionary

  1. sulfonylmethyls
  2. sulfonyls
  3. sulfonyltriazole
  4. sulfonyltriazoles
  5. sulfonylurea
  6. sulfonylureas
  7. sulfophenyl
  8. sulfophilic
  9. sulfophosphate
  10. sulfophosphates
  11. sulfophosphoric

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