Designed to treat, control, or counteract diabetes or its symptoms.
From anti- (against) + diabetic (relating to diabetes). Diabetes comes from Greek diabainein 'to pass through.' This medical term became common in the 20th century as diabetes treatments developed.
Metformin, the world's most prescribed antidiabetic drug, was originally extracted from a plant called French lilac used in medieval times—scientists just didn't know why it worked until recently!
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