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Insulin glulisine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004349

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. Insulin glulisine 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 Apidra.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004349
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsApidra
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004349",
  "term": "Insulin glulisine",
  "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. Insulin glulisine 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 Apidra.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Apidra"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/insulin-glulisine/"
}

Record 9,303 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.