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fluorouracils

fluorouracils is the plural of fluorouracil.

Meaning of fluorouracil

Noun

fluorouracil (countable and uncountable, plural fluorouracils)

  1. A fluorine-substituted derivative of uracil C₄H₃FN₂O₂ which inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as a chemotherapy drug in the treatment of cancer.

Questions about fluorouracils

What is fluorouracils the plural of?
Fluorouracils is the plural of fluorouracil.

Words near fluorouracils in the dictionary

  1. fluorotryptophan
  2. fluorotryptophans
  3. fluorotype
  4. fluorotypes
  5. fluorouracil
  6. fluorouracils
  7. fluorouridine
  8. fluorouridines
  9. fluorous
  10. fluorphlogopite
  11. fluorpyrimidine

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