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ANTIMETABOLITE

• ANTIMETABOLITE (noun)
The noun ANTIMETABOLITE has 1 sense:

1. an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite

Familiarity information: ANTIMETABOLITE used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTIMETABOLITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("antimetabolite" is a kind of...):

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antimetabolite"):

fluorouracil (an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers)

mercaptopurine; Purinethol (a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia)

amethopterin; methotrexate; methotrexate sodium (toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of cancer drug
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