"insulin degludec" meaning in English

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Noun

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." Etymology templates: {{compound|en|insulin|de + glu + dec}} insulin + de + glu + dec Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} insulin degludec (uncountable)
  1. An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes. Wikipedia link: insulin degludec Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: insulin analogue Coordinate_terms (Insulin analogues as pharmaceutical drugs): insulin aspart, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine, insulin lispro
    Sense id: en-insulin_degludec-en-noun-yxjsSSD6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks

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