tolbutamide, Orinase
(noun) sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tolbutamide (countable and uncountable, plural tolbutamides)
A drug that blocks potassium channels, used in the treatment of diabetes.
• sulfonylurea
Source: Wiktionary
30 December 2024
(adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts; “delusive faith in a wonder drug”; “delusive expectations”; “false hopes”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
