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<pharmacology> Oral medications used to treat type II diabetes (adult onset diabetes). These medications lower blood sugar by increasing the production of insulin in the pancreas.
Examples include: glyburide, glipizide, acetohexamide, glucamide, Diabinese, Diabeta, Micronase, metformin hydrochloride and Glucotrol.
Origin: Gr. Glykys = sweet, haima = blood
American spelling: hypoglycemic
(27 Sep 1997)
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