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Fluorouracil Moderate

Fluorouracil has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers

2

A fluorine-substituted derivative of uracil C₄H₃FN₂O₂ which inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as a chemotherapy drug in the treatment of cancer.

See Also
flucytosine fluoronucleotide drug chemotherapy carmofur flox
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
antimetabolite
Rhyming Words
cil cecil uracil pencil ouncil peucil codicil davicil stencil council synocil verticil cnidocil palpocil coviracil perspicil metamucil iodouracil thiouracil red pencil
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