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fluorouridine

fluorouridine noun: any fluoro derivative of uridine, but especially 5-fluorouridine, a metabolite of 5-fluorouracil, derivatives of which have anticancer activity.

Noun

fluorouridine (plural fluorouridines)

  1. Any fluoro derivative of uridine, but especially 5-fluorouridine, a metabolite of 5-fluorouracil, derivatives of which have anticancer activity

Forms of fluorouridine

pluralfluorouridines

Origin of fluorouridine

From fluoro- + uridine.

Questions about fluorouridine

What does fluorouridine mean?
Fluorouridine means any fluoro derivative of uridine, but especially 5-fluorouridine, a metabolite of 5-fluorouracil, derivatives of which have anticancer activity.
What part of speech is fluorouridine?
Fluorouridine is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorouridine?
The plural of fluorouridine is fluorouridines.

Words near fluorouridine in the dictionary

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

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