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cytarabine

US/saɪˈtæɹ.əˌbin/

cytarabine noun: a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ that is a synthetic isomer of the naturally occurring nucleoside of cytosine and arabinose and is used to treat several types of leukemias, especially acute myeloid leukemia in adults.

cytarabine: a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ that is a synthetic isomer of the naturally occurring...
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Noun

cytarabine (uncountable)

  1. A cytotoxic antineoplastic agent C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ that is a synthetic isomer of the naturally occurring nucleoside of cytosine and arabinose and is used to treat several types of leukemias, especially acute myeloid leukemia in adults.

Forms of cytarabine

alternative formcytosine arabinoside
alternative formara-C

Origin of cytarabine

From cyt(osine) + -arabine (“arabinofuranosyl derivative”).

Words formed from cytarabine

Questions about cytarabine

What does cytarabine mean?
Cytarabine means a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ that is a synthetic isomer of the naturally occurring nucleoside of cytosine and arabinose and is used to treat several types of leukemias, especially acute myeloid leukemia in adults.
What part of speech is cytarabine?
Cytarabine is a noun.
How do you pronounce cytarabine?
Cytarabine is pronounced /saɪˈtæɹ.əˌbin/ (US).

Words near cytarabine in the dictionary

  1. cyt-
  2. cytadherence
  3. cytaphereses
  4. cytapheresis
  5. cytapheretic
  6. cytarabine
  7. cytarabinoside
  8. cytase
  9. cytases
  10. cytaster
  11. cytasters

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