English Explanatory Dictionary

506U78

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Former designation of Nelarabine; a chemotherapy prodrug used in treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Word forms

506U78 GW506U78

Etymology

From the Burroughs Wellcome internal catalog number "506U", which was extended to the unified catalog number "506U78" due the 1995 merger to form Glaxo Wellcome a few months after the drug's discovery.

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