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Diabetes vs Nateglinide - What's the difference?

diabetes | nateglinide |

As nouns the difference between diabetes and nateglinide

is that diabetes is while nateglinide is a meglitinide drug for the treatment of type ii diabetes that lowers blood glucose by stimulating the release of insulin from the pancreas.

diabetes

English

(wikipedia diabetes)

Noun

(-)
  • A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
  • Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

    Derived terms

    * diabesity * diabetes mellitus * diabetes insipidus

    Related terms

    * diabetic

    Hyponyms

    * (group of metabolic diseases) IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

    Anagrams

    * ----

    nateglinide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia nateglinide)
  • A meglitinide drug for the treatment of type II diabetes that lowers blood glucose by stimulating the release of insulin from the pancreas.

    • Anagrams

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