The story
From empa- (of unknown origin) + -gliflozin (“sodium–glucose cotransporter inhibitor”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
empagliflozin
Today it means: An orally available competitive inhibitor of sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2; SLC5A2) with antihyperglycemic activity. Full definition →