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imatinib

imatinib noun: a drug used to treat certain types of cancer.

Noun

imatinib (uncountable)

  1. A drug used to treat certain types of cancer.

Origin of imatinib

Origin unknown; the suffix -tinib denotes a pharmaceutical drug that is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Questions about imatinib

What does imatinib mean?
Imatinib means a drug used to treat certain types of cancer.
What part of speech is imatinib?
Imatinib is a noun.

Words near imatinib in the dictionary

  1. imarti
  2. imartis
  3. IMATA
  4. imatanib
  5. Imathia
  6. imatinib
  7. Imatra
  8. imaum
  9. imaumbarra
  10. imaumbarras
  11. imaums

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