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edratide

edratide noun: a synthetic peptide that is used to treat cases of lupus.

Noun

edratide (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic peptide that is used to treat cases of lupus.
    • Among the companies that have had setbacks or outright failures in clinical trials are Roche and Biogen Idec with their drug Rituxan; La Jolla Pharmaceutical with Riquent; Bristol-Myers Squibb with Orencia; ZymoGenetics and Merck Serono with atacicept; Genelabs Technologies with Prestara; Teva...2009 July 20, Andrew Pollack, “Trial for New Lupus Treatment Is Called Promising”, in New York Times

Origin of edratide

From [Term?] + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).

Questions about edratide

What does edratide mean?
Edratide means a synthetic peptide that is used to treat cases of lupus.
What part of speech is edratide?
Edratide is a noun.

Words near edratide in the dictionary

  1. edoxudine
  2. edoylerite
  3. EDP
  4. EDPs
  5. EDR
  6. edratide
  7. edrecolomab
  8. edress
  9. edresses
  10. Edric
  11. Edrick

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