sulfonylurea

English

Etymology

From sulfonyl +‎ urea.

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.
   • 2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation:

     Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.

Alternative forms

• sulphonylurea

Hypernyms

• secretagogue

Hyponyms

• acetohexamide
• carbutamide
• chlorpropamide
• glibenclamide
• gliclazide
• glimepiride
• glipizide
• gliquidone
• glyclopyramide
• tolbutamide
• tolazamide
• torasemide