antimetabolite
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1. an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug, |
| definition | : | any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fluorouracil, |
| definition | : | an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mercaptopurine, purinethol, |
| definition | : | a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | amethopterin, methotrexate, methotrexate sodium, |
| definition | : | toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis (noun.artifact) |
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