Word.ws English Dictionary

febuxostat

US/fəˈbʌk.səˌstæt/

febuxostat noun: a urate-lowering drug (trademark Uloric), an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase that is indicated for use in the treatment of hyperuricemia and chronic gout.

febuxostat: a urate-lowering drug (trademark Uloric), an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase that is indicated for...
Image: Fvasconcellos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

febuxostat (uncountable)

  1. A urate-lowering drug (trademark Uloric), an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase that is indicated for use in the treatment of hyperuricemia and chronic gout.

Origin of febuxostat

From phe(nyl) + (iso)bu(tyl) + x(anthine) o(xidase) + -stat (“enzyme inhibitor”).

Questions about febuxostat

What does febuxostat mean?
Febuxostat means a urate-lowering drug (trademark Uloric), an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase that is indicated for use in the treatment of hyperuricemia and chronic gout.
What part of speech is febuxostat?
Febuxostat is a noun.
How do you pronounce febuxostat?
Febuxostat is pronounced /fəˈbʌk.səˌstæt/ (US).

Words near febuxostat in the dictionary

  1. FEBS
  2. FEBSs
  3. Febuary
  4. febuprol
  5. Feburary
  6. febuxostat
  7. Feby.
  8. FEC
  9. fecal
  10. fecal impaction
  11. fecal impactions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: febuxostat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “febuxostat.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/febuxostat. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.