Etymology

miglustat

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Today it means: A drug used primarily to treat certain kinds of Gaucher's disease by inhibiting glucosylceramide synthase, an essential enzyme for the synthesis of most glycosphingolipids. Full definition →

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From [Term?] + -stat (“enzyme inhibitor”).

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