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tolbutamide

tolbutamide noun: a drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes.

tolbutamide: a drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes
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Noun

tolbutamide (countable and uncountable, plural tolbutamides)

  1. A drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes.
    • The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.2009 March 27, Ken-ichi Takeuchi et al., “Changes in Temperature Preferences and Energy Homeostasis in Dystroglycan Mutants”, in Science, volume 323, number 5922, →DOI, pages 1740–1743

Forms of tolbutamide

pluraltolbutamides

Questions about tolbutamide

What does tolbutamide mean?
Tolbutamide means a drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes.
What part of speech is tolbutamide?
Tolbutamide is a noun.
What is the plural of tolbutamide?
The plural of tolbutamide is tolbutamides.

Words near tolbutamide in the dictionary

  1. tolbooth
  2. tolbooths
  3. tolbot
  4. tolbots
  5. tolboxane
  6. tolbutamide
  7. tolbutamides
  8. tolcapone
  9. Tolchard
  10. tolciclate
  11. tolclofos-methyl

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