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cytarabine
[ sahy-tar-uh-been ]
/ saɪˈtær əˌbin /
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noun Pharmacology.
a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C9H13N3O5, used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
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Also cytosine arabinoside, ara-C .
Origin of cytarabine
Words nearby cytarabine
cystourethritis, cystourethrogram, cystourethrography, cystourethroscope, cytapheresis, cytarabine, cytaster, -cyte, Cythera, Cytherea, Cytherean
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Medical definitions for cytarabine
cytarabine
[ sī-tăr′ə-bēn′ ]
n.
cytosine arabinoside
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