ANTIMETABOLITE

Meaning of ANTIMETABOLITE in English

A drug that is very similar to natural chemicals in a normal biochemical reaction in cells but different enough to interfere with the normal division and functions of cells.

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ANTIMETABOLITE — noun Date: 1945 a substance that replaces or inhibits an organism's utilization of a metabolite
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIMETABOLITE — Substance that competes with, replaces, or inhibits a specific compound within a cell , whose functioning is thereby disrupted. Because …
Английский словарь Британика
ANTIMETABOLITE — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at anti- I + ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: anti- (I) + metabolite : a substance that inhibits the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIMETABOLITE — /an'tee meuh tab"euh luyt', an'tuy-/ , n. 1. Biochem. any substance that interferes with growth of an organism by competing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. substance that works against metabolism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ANTIMETABOLITE — noun Date: 1945 : a substance that replaces or inhibits an organism's utilization of a metabolite
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANTIMETABOLITE — ■ noun Physiology a substance that interferes with the normal metabolic processes within cells.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANTIMETABOLITE — [an.ti.me.tab.o.lite] n (1945): a substance that replaces or inhibits an organism's utilization of a metabolite
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANTIMETABOLITE — a substance that competes with, replaces, or inhibits a specific metabolite of a cell and thereby interferes with the cell's …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. Pharm. a drug that interferes with the normal metabolic processes within cells, usu. by combining with enzymes.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. Pharm. a drug that interferes with the normal metabolic processes within cells, usu. by combining with enzymes.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. Pharm. a drug that interferes with the normal metabolic processes within cells, usu. by combining with enzymes.
Oxford English vocab
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. Substance that competes with, replaces, or inhibits a specific compound within a cell , whose functioning is thereby disrupted. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANTIMETABOLITE — noun substance which can replace a cell metabolism but which is not active
English Dictionary of Medicine
ANTIMETABOLITE — антиметаболит
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ANTIMETABOLITE — антиметаболит
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ANTIMETABOLITE — антиметаболит
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ANTIMETABOLITE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ an-t ē -m ə - ' ta-b ə - ˌ l ī t, ˌ an- ˌ t …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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
IMIDAZOLE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1892 a white crystalline heterocyclic base C 3 H 4 N 2 that is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AZATHIOPRINE — noun Etymology: aza- + thi- + purine Date: 1962 a purine antimetabolite C 9 H 7 N 7 O 2 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AZATHIOPRINE — ˌazəˈthīəˌprēn, -_prə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: aza- + thi- + p u rine : a purine antimetabolite C 9 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SULFONAMIDE — ˌsəlˈfänəˌmīd, -fōn-, ˌsəlfəˈnaˌm-, -_mə̇d noun Etymology: sulfon- + amide : the amide of a sulfonic acid characterized by the grouping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
INHIBITOR — noun or in·hib·it·er -bə̇d.ə(r), -bə̇tə- ( -s ) : one that inhibits: as a. (1) : a substance for reducing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIVITAMIN — ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ- noun Etymology: anti- (I) + vitamin : a substance that renders a vitamin ineffective either by converting it into …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MERCAPTOPURINE — noun Etymology: mercapt an + -o- + purine Date: circa 1952 : an antimetabolite C 5 H 4 N 4 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IMIDAZOLE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1892 : a white crystalline heterocyclic base C 3 H 4 N 2 that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AZATHIOPRINE — noun Etymology: aza- + thi- + p u rine Date: 1962 : a purine antimetabolite C 9 H 7 N …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METHOTREXATE — [meth.o.trex.ate] n [meth- + -trexate, of unknown origin] (1955): a toxic anticancer drug that is an analogue of folic acid …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MERCAPTOPURINE — [mer.cap.to.pu.rine] n [mercaptan + -o- + purine] (ca. 1952): an antimetabolite that interferes esp. with the metabolism of purine bases …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMIDAZOLE — [im.id.az.ole] n [ISV] (1892): a white crystalline heterocyclic base that is an antimetabolite related to histidine; broadly: any of various …
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