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cytarabine

[ sahy-tar-uh-been ]
/ saɪˈtær əˌbin /

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

cyt(osine) + arab(inoside) + -ine2

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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