GLP-1

English

Noun

GLP-1 (countable and uncountable, plural GLP-1s)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of glucagon-like peptide-1.
   • 2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     If GLP-1 drugs only treated diabetes and did not promote weight loss, they would still be medically groundbreaking.

2. (informal) Ellipsis of GLP-1 RA (“glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist”).

   Hyponym: semaglutide