FLUOROURACIL


Meaning of FLUOROURACIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌflu̇r-ō-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌsil, -ˌsəl, ˌflȯr- ]

noun

Etymology: fluor- + uracil

Date: circa 1958

: a fluorine-containing pyrimidine base C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 used as a neoplastic agent to treat some kinds of cancer

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