GLP-1

English

Noun

GLP-1 (countable and uncountable, plural GLP-1s)

  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of glucagon-like peptide-1.
    • 2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      If GLP-1 drugs only treated diabetes and did not promote weight loss, they would still be medically groundbreaking.
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of GLP-1 RA (“glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist”).
    Hyponym: semaglutide
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