empagliflozin
English edit
Etymology edit
From empa- (of unknown origin) + -gliflozin (“sodium–glucose cotransporter inhibitor”).
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Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛm.pəɡ.ləˈfloʊ.zɪn/
Noun edit
empagliflozin (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) An orally available competitive inhibitor of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2; SLC5A2) with antihyperglycemic activity.[1]
References edit
- ^ “Empagliflozin”, in NCI Thesaurus, 2020 November 20 (last accessed)