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mercaptopurines

mercaptopurines is the plural of mercaptopurine.

Meaning of mercaptopurine

Noun

mercaptopurine (countable and uncountable, plural mercaptopurines)

  1. An thiol antimetabolite C₅H₄N₄S that interferes especially with the metabolism of purine bases and the biosynthesis of nucleic acids and that is sometimes used in the treatment of acute leukemia.

Questions about mercaptopurines

What is mercaptopurines the plural of?
Mercaptopurines is the plural of mercaptopurine.

Words near mercaptopurines in the dictionary

  1. mercaptopropyl
  2. mercaptopropyls
  3. mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane
  4. mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilanes
  5. mercaptopurine
  6. mercaptopurines
  7. mercaptopyridine
  8. mercaptopyridines
  9. mercaptopyruvate
  10. mercaptopyruvates
  11. mercaptosilane

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