flucytosine

[ floo-sahy-tuh-seen ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C4H4FN3O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.

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