Definition of "glitazones" [glitazones]

• Plural form of glitazone. (noun)

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• "Some existing diabetes drugs of the class known as glitazones, or thiazolidinediones, have been shown to increase the quantity of brown fat in rats and to stimulate the formation of human brown fat cells in the lab."
• "There are newer diabetes drugs in a class called glitazones, which include Takeda's Actos or pioglitazone, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Avandia, or rosiglitazone."
• "When I fill in at retail drugstores, I see a lot of generic metformin and glyburide dispensed (not so many 'glitazones' even from last year)."