Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
tolazamide

tolazamide

8.7
A medicine that helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : tolazamida
  • The doctor prescribed tolazamide to help manage his blood sugar levels.

Examples

  • Patients taking tolazamide are advised to monitor their glucose regularly.

  • Her diabetes improved significantly after she started on tolazamide.

  • I take tolazamide.

  • The doctor prescribed tolazamide for my diabetes.

  • Her diabetes improved significantly after she started on tolazamide.

  • Patients taking tolazamide are advised to monitor their glucose regularly.

  • The doctor prescribed tolazamide to help manage his blood sugar levels.

Synonyms

Tolinase
vstolazamide
  • Specialized
9.3

A medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes that lowers high blood sugar

is the generic name for controlling blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes

Surface Forms

tolazamide singular
tolazamides plural

Morphology

tolazamide = tolaz + amide

Although the suffix '-amide' names a chemical functional group, the 'tolaz-' element is not a recognizable English base for learners, so the word's medical meaning cannot be derived from familiar components.

Etymology

The word tolazamide is a modern drug name made from tolaz- plus the ending -amide, and the ending -amide is a common part in medicine names that means 'a type of chemical'. A helpful way to remember tolazamide is to think of it as a lab-made medicine for lowering blood sugar, which is why the name is used for a diabetes drug.