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Insulin glargine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004347

A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Insulin glargine controls blood sugar longer than insulin does. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glargine recombinant and Lantus.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004347
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsinsulin glargine recombinant; Lantus
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004347",
  "term": "Insulin glargine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Insulin glargine controls blood sugar longer than insulin does. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glargine recombinant and Lantus.",
  "synonyms": [
    "insulin glargine recombinant",
    "Lantus"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/insulin-glargine/"
}

Record 9,301 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.