| NOUN | artifact | antimetabolite | an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite |
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| Meaning | An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite. | |
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| Narrower | fluorouracil | An antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers |
| mercaptopurine, Purinethol | A drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia | |
| methotrexate, methotrexate sodium, amethopterin | toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid | |
| Broader | antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug | Any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells |
| Spanish | antimetabólico, antimetabolito | |
| Catalan | antimetabòlit | |
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