ara-C

[ar-uh-see]

noun Pharmacology.

cytarabine.

Origin of ara-C

perhaps as abbreviation of the alternate name aracytidine, apparently a coinage based on the chemical name beta-cytosine arabinoside; see cytosine, arabinoside

cytarabine

[sahy-tar-uh-been]

noun Pharmacology.

a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C9H13N3O5, used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.

Also cytosine arabinoside, ara-C.

Origin of cytarabine

cyt(osine) + arab(inoside) + -ine²

ara-c in Medicine

cytarabine

(sī-tăr′ə-bēn′)

cytosine arabinoside

ara-C

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cytarabine

Origin of cytarabine

cytarabine

Origin of ara-C