empagliflozin

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English

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Etymology

From empa- (of unknown origin) +‎ -gliflozin (sodium–glucose cotransporter inhibitor).

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Pronunciation

Noun

empagliflozin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) An orally available competitive inhibitor of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2; SLC5A2) with antihyperglycemic activity.[1]

References

  1. ^ Empagliflozin”, in NCI Thesaurus, 2020 November 20 (last accessed)