Medical Dictionary
sulfonylurea
noun sul·fo·nyl·urea
Medical Definition of SULFONYLUREA
: any of several hypoglycemic compounds (as glipizide and tolbutamide) related to the sulfonamides and used in the oral treatment of type 2 diabetes
Variants of SULFONYLUREA
sul·fo·nyl·urea or chiefly British sul·pho·nyl·urea \ˌsəl-fə-ˌnil-ˈ(y)u̇r-ē-ə\
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