insulin degludec

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from insulin + de + glu + dec, an acronymically constructed postpositive modifier, reflecting "the same amino acid sequence as human insulin except for the removal of threonine in the position 30 of the B chain (Des-B30, "de") and the attachment, via a glutamic acid linker ("glu"), of a 16-carbon fatty diacid (hexadecanoic diacid, "dec") to lysine in the position 29 of the B chain."[1]

Noun

insulin degludec (uncountable)

  1. An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes.
    Hypernyms: insulin analogue; insulin
    Coordinate terms: insulin; regular insulin; insulin; insulin aspart, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine, insulin lispro

References

  1. ^ Marcos Antonio Tambascia and Freddy Goldberg Eliaschewitz (26 June 2015) “Degludec: the new ultra-long insulin analogue [review]”, in Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, volume 7, →DOI, section 57.
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