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gemcitabine

US/d͡ʒɛmˈsaɪ.təˌbin/

gemcitabine noun: a particular drug used in chemotherapy.

gemcitabine: a particular drug used in chemotherapy
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Noun

gemcitabine (uncountable)

  1. A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
    • In the winter, we had switched to a new drug called gemcitabine, or Gemzar.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 154

Origin of gemcitabine

From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

Questions about gemcitabine

What does gemcitabine mean?
Gemcitabine means a particular drug used in chemotherapy.
What part of speech is gemcitabine?
Gemcitabine is a noun.
How do you pronounce gemcitabine?
Gemcitabine is pronounced /d͡ʒɛmˈsaɪ.təˌbin/ (US).

Words near gemcitabine in the dictionary

  1. Gemberling
  2. Gemberlings
  3. Gembloux
  4. Gembrook
  5. gemcadiol
  6. gemcitabine
  7. gemcutter
  8. gemcutters
  9. gemeinschaft
  10. gemeinschaften
  11. gemeinschafts

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