empagliflozin

English

Chemical structure of empagliflozin

Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛm.pəɡ.ləˈfloʊ.zɪn/

Noun

empagliflozin (uncountable)

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