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flucytosine

US/fluˈsaɪ.təˌsin/

flucytosine noun: a white crystalline synthetic antimycotic drug C₄H₄FN₃O, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue structurally related to the cytostatic fluorouracil and to floxuridine. It is used to treat fungal infections especially by members of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus (especially Cryptococcus neoformans).

flucytosine: a white crystalline synthetic antimycotic drug C₄H₄FN₃O, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue...
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Noun

flucytosine (uncountable)

  1. A white crystalline synthetic antimycotic drug C₄H₄FN₃O, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue structurally related to the cytostatic fluorouracil and to floxuridine. It is used to treat fungal infections especially by members of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus (especially Cryptococcus neoformans).

Forms of flucytosine

alternative form5-fluorocytosine
alternative form5-FC

Origin of flucytosine

Contraction of fluorocytosine.

Questions about flucytosine

What does flucytosine mean?
Flucytosine means a white crystalline synthetic antimycotic drug C₄H₄FN₃O, a fluorinated pyrimidine analogue structurally related to the cytostatic fluorouracil and to floxuridine. It is used to treat fungal infections especially by members of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus (especially Cryptococcus neoformans).
What part of speech is flucytosine?
Flucytosine is a noun.
How do you pronounce flucytosine?
Flucytosine is pronounced /fluˈsaɪ.təˌsin/ (US).

Words near flucytosine in the dictionary

  1. fluctuators
  2. fluctuogram
  3. fluctuograms
  4. fluctuous
  5. fluctus
  6. flucytosine
  7. Flud
  8. fludalanine
  9. fludarabine
  10. Fludd
  11. Fluddian

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