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-citabine

/ˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/

-citabine suffix: used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.

Suffix

-citabine

  1. Used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.

Origin of -citabine

Contraction of cytarabine.

Questions about -citabine

What does -citabine mean?
-citabine means used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.
What part of speech is -citabine?
-citabine is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -citabine?
-citabine is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/.

Words near -citabine in the dictionary

  1. -cies
  2. -cillin
  3. -cin
  4. -cir-
  5. -cism
  6. -citabine
  7. -clase
  8. -clasis
  9. -clast
  10. -clastic
  11. -cleisis

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