cytarabine

American  

[sahy-tar-uh-been] / saɪˈtær əˌbin /

Also ara-C

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.

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Etymology

Origin of cytarabine

cyt(osine) + arab(inoside) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

The team found that those treated with a combination of eganelisib and cytarabine survived longer than those treated with cytarabine alone, regardless of the leukemia's sensitivity to PI3Kgamma inhibition alone.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

These surviving leukemia cells -- which are the cause of AML relapse -- could be vulnerable to combination therapy with eganelisib and cytarabine.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

Mice treated with methotrexate or cytarabine showed deficits in novel object discrimination, suggesting that being treated with chemotherapy drugs during development resulted in cognitive deficits, similar to those seen in humans.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2012

So they looked a young mice treated with the chemotherapy drugs mexthotrexate or cytarabine individually and in combination during development, carefully mimicking the doses used in humans.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2012

Many of the drugs are generic, sterile injectable medications, such as cytarabine, a key treatment forleukemia, or fluorouracil, for colon and other cancers.

From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 22, 2012