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afatinib

afatinib noun: a drug against non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Noun

afatinib (uncountable)

  1. A drug against non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Origin of afatinib

Origin unknown; the suffix -tinib denotes a pharmaceutical drug that is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Questions about afatinib

What does afatinib mean?
Afatinib means a drug against non-small cell lung carcinoma.
What part of speech is afatinib?
Afatinib is a noun.

Words near afatinib in the dictionary

  1. Afaria
  2. Afars
  3. Afars and Issas
  4. AFAs
  5. afasevikumab
  6. afatinib
  7. AFAYK
  8. AFB
  9. AFBN
  10. AFBs
  11. AFC

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