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fludarabine

US/fluˈdæɹ.əˌbin/

fludarabine noun: an antineoplastic agent that is an analog of vidarabine and is administered intravenously in the form of its phosphate C₁₀H₁₃FN₅O₇P especially in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

fludarabine: an antineoplastic agent that is an analog of vidarabine and is administered intravenously in the...
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Noun

fludarabine (uncountable)

  1. An antineoplastic agent that is an analog of vidarabine and is administered intravenously in the form of its phosphate C₁₀H₁₃FN₅O₇P especially in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Origin of fludarabine

Blend of fluoro- + vidarabine.

Questions about fludarabine

What does fludarabine mean?
Fludarabine means an antineoplastic agent that is an analog of vidarabine and is administered intravenously in the form of its phosphate C₁₀H₁₃FN₅O₇P especially in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
What part of speech is fludarabine?
Fludarabine is a noun.
How do you pronounce fludarabine?
Fludarabine is pronounced /fluˈdæɹ.əˌbin/ (US).

Words near fludarabine in the dictionary

  1. fluctuous
  2. fluctus
  3. flucytosine
  4. Flud
  5. fludalanine
  6. fludarabine
  7. Fludd
  8. Fluddian
  9. Fludds
  10. fluden
  11. fludens

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