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edelfosine

edelfosine noun: a synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipid with antineoplastic effects.

Noun

edelfosine (countable and uncountable, plural edelfosines)

  1. A synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipid with antineoplastic effects.

Forms of edelfosine

pluraledelfosines

Origin of edelfosine

From [Term?] + -fosine (“cytostatic”).

Questions about edelfosine

What does edelfosine mean?
Edelfosine means a synthetic alkyl-lysophospholipid with antineoplastic effects.
What part of speech is edelfosine?
Edelfosine is a noun.
What is the plural of edelfosine?
The plural of edelfosine is edelfosines.

Words near edelfosine in the dictionary

  1. Edelcrantz code
  2. Edelcrantz system
  3. Edeleanu process
  4. Edelen
  5. Edelens
  6. edelfosine
  7. edelfosines
  8. Edeline
  9. Edelman
  10. Edelmanian
  11. Edelmann

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