druggable
druggable adjective: describing the potential of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs; describing the potential of a disease to be treated thus.
Adjective
druggable (comparative more druggable, superlative most druggable)
- Describing the potential of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs; describing the potential of a disease to be treated thus.
- With only 10% of the human genome representing druggable targets, and only half of those being relevant to disease, it is important to be able to predict how druggable a novel target is in early drug discovery.2007 March, Joanna Owens, “Determining druggability”, in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, volume 6, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 187–187
- Antonyms:
- undruggable, non-druggable
Antonyms of druggable
- undruggable
- non-druggable
Forms of druggable
| comparative | more druggable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most druggable |
Origin of druggable
From drug + -able.
Questions about druggable
- What does druggable mean?
- Druggable means describing the potential of a biological molecule (for example, a protein) to be targeted by drugs, especially by small molecule drugs; describing the potential of a disease to be treated thus.
- What part of speech is druggable?
- Druggable is an adjective.
Words near druggable in the dictionary
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