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pacritinib

pacritinib noun: a medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of myelofibrosis.

Noun

pacritinib (uncountable)

  1. A medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of myelofibrosis.
    • Pacritinib is a JAK2 and IL-1 receptor–associated kinase 1 inhibitor also being evaluated for the treatment of myelofibrosis. Blocking IL-1 and Toll receptor signaling might offer some interesting opportunities for autoimmune disease treatment.2021 December, Christine Liu, Jacqueline Kieltyka, Roy Fleischmann, Massimo Gadina, John J. O’Shea, “A Decade of JAK Inhibitors: What Have We Learned and What May Be the Future?”, in Arthritis &...

Questions about pacritinib

What does pacritinib mean?
Pacritinib means a medication belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of myelofibrosis.
What part of speech is pacritinib?
Pacritinib is a noun.

Words near pacritinib in the dictionary

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  2. pacquet
  3. pacquets
  4. Pacquiao
  5. pacrinolol
  6. pacritinib
  7. pacs
  8. pacsin
  9. pacsins
  10. pact
  11. pact of silence

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