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dasatinib

dasatinib noun: a particular drug used as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Noun

dasatinib (uncountable)

  1. A particular drug used as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
    • In 2009, Mayfield still remains in remission, now on dasatinib.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 443

Origin of dasatinib

From Das + -tinib, after its discoverer, the chemist Jagabandhu Das.

Questions about dasatinib

What does dasatinib mean?
Dasatinib means a particular drug used as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
What part of speech is dasatinib?
Dasatinib is a noun.

Words near dasatinib in the dictionary

  1. das.
  2. dasabuvir
  3. Dasara
  4. Dasari
  5. Dasaris
  6. dasatinib
  7. dascillid
  8. dascillids
  9. Dascălu
  10. DASD
  11. DASDs

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