glibenclamide

• glyburide

From gli- (“antihyperglycemic”) +‎ ben(zamide) +‎ chl(oro)- +‎ (sulfon)amide.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡlaɪˈbɛŋ.kləˌmaɪd/

glibenclamide (countable and uncountable, plural glibenclamides)

1. (pharmacology) An oral sulfonylurea antidiabetic C₂₃H₂₈ClN₃O₅S (trademarks Diaβeta, Glycovance, Micronase) used similarly to glipizide.

• sulfonylurea
• secretagogue

• “glyburide”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.