See Also: occulted(medicine)

metformin (iou) and occulted (medicine)


metformin (iou)



metformin noun. M20.
[from METH(YL + FORM(ALDEHYDE + IM)IN(O-.]
Pharmacology. A biguanide derivative, C4H11N5, used in the oral treatment of diabetes.

occulted (medicine)


occulted


1. Hidden; secret.

2. <astronomy> Concealed by the intervention of some Other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.

Source: Websters Dictionary