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sulphonylurea

sulphonylurea is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of sulphonylurea

pluralsulphonylureas

Origin of sulphonylurea

From sulphonyl + urea.

Questions about sulphonylurea

What is sulphonylurea the alternative spelling of?
Sulphonylurea is the alternative spelling of sulfonylurea.

Words near sulphonylurea in the dictionary

  1. sulphonylamine
  2. sulphonylamines
  3. sulphonylhydrazone
  4. sulphonylhydrazones
  5. sulphonyls
  6. sulphonylurea
  7. sulphonylureas
  8. sulphophenyl
  9. sulphophilic
  10. sulphophosphate
  11. sulphophosphates

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