What is "glibenclamide"

n. (context medicine English) An oral anti-diabetes medication.

Glibenclamide ( AAN, BAN, INN), also known as glyburide ( USAN), is an antidiabetic drug in a class of medications known as sulfonylureas, closely related to sulfonamide antibiotics. It was developed in 1966 in a cooperative study between Boehringer Mannheim (now part of Roche) and Hoechst (now part of Sanofi-Aventis).