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pteroylaspartic

pteroylaspartic noun: designating an antimetabolite acid used in treating cancers.

Noun

pteroylaspartic (uncountable)

  1. Designating an antimetabolite acid used in treating cancers.
    • On September 6, 1947, Farber began to inject Sandler with pteroylaspartic acid or PAA, the first of Lederle's antifolates.2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 33

Origin of pteroylaspartic

From pteroyl + aspartic.

Questions about pteroylaspartic

What does pteroylaspartic mean?
Pteroylaspartic means designating an antimetabolite acid used in treating cancers.
What part of speech is pteroylaspartic?
Pteroylaspartic is a noun.

Words near pteroylaspartic in the dictionary

  1. pterotracheid
  2. pterotracheids
  3. pteroyl
  4. pteroyl acid
  5. pteroyl glutamic acid
  6. pteroylaspartic
  7. pteroylglutamic
  8. pteroylglutamic acid
  9. pteroylmonoglutamic acid
  10. pteroyls
  11. pterror

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