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decitabine

/dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/

decitabine noun: 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.

decitabine: 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by...
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Noun

decitabine (uncountable)

  1. 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.

Origin of decitabine

From de(oxy)- + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

Words formed from decitabine

Questions about decitabine

What does decitabine mean?
Decitabine means 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.
What part of speech is decitabine?
Decitabine is a noun.
How do you pronounce decitabine?
Decitabine is pronounced /dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/.

Words near decitabine in the dictionary

  1. decisors
  2. decisory
  3. Decist
  4. decistere
  5. decisteres
  6. decitabine
  7. decitex
  8. decitexes
  9. decitizenise
  10. decitizenised
  11. decitizenises

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