Metformin
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a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus (= a severe type of diabetes in which the body cannot use glucose)
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A biguanide derivative, C₄ H₁₁ N₅, used, now chiefly as the hydrochloride, as an oral hypoglycaemic agent in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus; 1,1-dimethylbiguanide.
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