English Explanatory Dictionary

fluorouridine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any fluoro derivative of uridine, but especially 5-fluorouridine, a metabolite of 5-fluorouracil, derivatives of which have anticancer activity

Word forms

fluorouridine fluorouridines

Etymology

From fluoro- + uridine.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary