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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.

Nearby words

  1. cystourethritis,
  2. cystourethrogram,
  3. cystourethrography,
  4. cystourethroscope,
  5. cytapheresis,
  6. cytaster,
  7. cythera,
  8. cytherea,
  9. cytherean,
  10. cytidine
Also cytosine arabinoside, ara-C.

Origin of cytarabine

cyt(osine) + arab(inoside) + -ine2
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Medicine definitions for cytarabine

cytarabine

[sī-tăr′ə-bēn′]

n.

cytosine arabinoside
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