different between torasemide vs sulfonylurea

English

From [Term?] +? -semide (“furosemide derivative”).

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torasemide (uncountable)

(pharmacology) A pyridine-sulfonyl urea type loop diuretic mainly used in the management of edema associated with congestive heart failure.

sulfonyl +? urea

sulfonylurea (plural sulfonylureas)

Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas; some are also used as herbicides.
- 2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation
  Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.

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