| biguanide |
(by-GWAH-nide) a class of oral medicine used to treat Type 2 diabetes that lowers blood glucose by reducing the amount of glucose produced by the liver and by helping the body respond better to insulin. (Generic name: metformin)
Ãâó: www.diabetes.org/diabetesdictionary.jsp
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| bigonial diameter |
The distance between the two gonia. The gonion is the anthropometric point at the most inferior, posterior, and lateral points on the angle of the mandible.
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| big h. |
bighead.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| big j. |
actinomycosis in cattle.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| big k. |
1. in cattle, bursitis over the knee. 2. in horses, a tumor of the bony parts of the knee joint. 3. in goats, the adult form of caprine arthritis-encephalitis.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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