MERCAPTOPURINE

Meaning of MERCAPTOPURINE in English

/meuhr kap'toh pyoor"een/ , n. Pharm.

a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.

[ 1950-55; MERCAPTO + PURINE ]

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MERCAPTOPURINE — MedMaster
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MERCAPTOPURINE — noun Etymology: mercaptan + -o- + purine Date: circa 1952 an antimetabolite C 5 H 4 N 4 S that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MERCAPTOPURINE — (ˌ) ̷ ̷|kaptō+ noun Etymology: mercapt- + purine : an antimetabolite C 5 H 4 N 4 S that is a sulfur …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MERCAPTOPURINE — n. chemical substance which is used to treat leukemia (Pharmacology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MERCAPTOPURINE — noun Etymology: mercapt an + -o- + purine Date: circa 1952 : an antimetabolite C 5 H 4 N 4 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MERCAPTOPURINE — [mer.cap.to.pu.rine] n [mercaptan + -o- + purine] (ca. 1952): an antimetabolite that interferes esp. with the metabolism of purine bases …
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MERCAPTOPURINE — An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
MERCAPTOPURINE — Меркаптопурин
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MERCAPTOPURINE — n. Pronunciation: ( ˌ )m ə r- ˌ kap-t ə - ' pyu ̇ r- ˌ ē n Function: noun …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MERCAPTOPURINE (SYSTEMIC) — USP DI
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PURINETHOL — MedMaster - Mercaptopurine USP DI - Mercaptopurine (Systemic)
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6-MP — MedMaster - Mercaptopurine USP DI - Mercaptopurine (Systemic)
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CYTOTOXIC DRUG — any drug poisonous to cells. Such drugs may disturb fundamental mechanisms involving cell growth, differentiation, and function and the activity …
Britannica English vocabulary
AZATHIOPRINE — immunosuppressive drug that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and to suppress the body's rejection of transplanted kidneys. Azathioprine decreases …
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HITCHINGS, GEORGE HERBERT — born April 18, 1905, Hoquiam, Wash., U.S. died Feb. 27, 1998, Chapel Hill, N.C. American pharmacologist who, along with Gertrude …
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LEUKEMIA — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE acute ▪ Hereditary and acquired p53 mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia . ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EFFICACY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB assess ▪ The aim of our study was to assess the efficacy and longterm …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
МЕРКАПТОПУРИН — Mercaptopurine
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