Definition of Sulfonylurea

1. Noun. Antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus.

Generic synonyms: Antidiabetic, Antidiabetic Drug
Specialized synonyms: Tolazamide, Tolinase, Orinase, Tolbutamide

Definition of Sulfonylurea

1. Noun. Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulfonylurea

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfonylurea

sulfoniums
sulfonphthalein
sulfonphthaleins
sulfonyl
sulfonylamine
sulfonylamines
sulfonylated
sulfonylation
sulfonylhydrazone
sulfonylimine
sulfonylimines
sulfonylketenimine
sulfonyls
sulfonyltriazole
sulfonyltriazoles
sulfonylurea (current term)
sulfonylureas
sulfophosphate
sulfophosphates
sulfophosphoric
sulfopropyl
sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
sulforaphane
sulforhodamine
sulforhodamines
sulforidazine
sulfosalt
sulfosate
sulfoselenide

Literary usage of Sulfonylurea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Therefore, the labeling for oral hypoglycemic drugs of the sulfonylurea class shall ... Although only one drug in the sulfonylurea class (tolbutamide) was ..."

2. Herbicides in Asian Rice: Transitions in Weed Management by Rosamond Naylor (1996)
"Mutation frequencies of weeds treated by sulfonylurea herbicides, for example, ... sulfonylurea resistance appeared within 3-5 yr of limited use, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Second Temperate Rice Conference by B Hardy, J E Hill (2002)
"A few years after the introduction of sulfonylurea herbicides, ... Bensulfuron-methyl was the first sulfonylurea introduced in Italy at the end of the 1980s ..."

4. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"The amount of herbicide applied per acre has fallen with the increased use of low-rate sulfonylurea herbicides and with reduced-rate applications of ..."

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