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Apidra

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000681

A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes mellitus. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Apidra gets into the blood faster than insulin when it is injected under the skin before or shortly after a meal. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glulisine.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000681
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsinsulin glulisine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000681",
  "term": "Apidra",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes mellitus. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Apidra gets into the blood faster than insulin when it is injected under the skin before or shortly after a meal. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glulisine.",
  "synonyms": [
    "insulin glulisine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/apidra/"
}

Record 2,369 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.