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506U78

506U78 noun: former designation of Nelarabine; a chemotherapy prodrug used in treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Noun

506U78 (uncountable)

  1. Former designation of Nelarabine; a chemotherapy prodrug used in treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Forms of 506U78

alternative formGW506U78

Origin of 506U78

From the Burroughs Wellcome internal catalog number "506U", which was extended to the unified catalog number "506U78" due the 1995 merger to form Glaxo Wellcome a few months after the drug's discovery.

Questions about 506U78

What does 506U78 mean?
506U78 means former designation of Nelarabine; a chemotherapy prodrug used in treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
What part of speech is 506U78?
506U78 is a noun.

Words near 506U78 in the dictionary

  1. 501c3
  2. 501c3s
  3. 501c4
  4. 501c4s
  5. 50501
  6. 506U78
  7. 50K
  8. 50Ks
  9. 50s
  10. 50th
  11. 50th District

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