English Explanatory Dictionary

insulin degludec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes.

Word forms

insulin degludec

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."

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