fluorouracil
IPA: fɫʊrˈɑɝˈæsʌɫ
noun
- (pharmacology) A fluorine-substituted derivative of uracil C₄H₃FN₂O₂ which inhibits DNA synthesis and is used as a chemotherapy drug in the treatment of cancer.
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Examples of "fluorouracil" in Sentences
- It is a derivative of fluorouracil.
- Keratoses can also be treated using cryotherapy or fluorouracil.
- Five year follow up of the fluorouracil filtering surgery study.
- In 1957, the anticancer activity of 5 fluorouracil was described.
- Existing keratoses can be treated using cryotherapy or fluorouracil.
- Folic acid may interact unexpectedly with the cancer drug fluorouracil.
- It has been tested in combination with fluorouracil to treat colon cancer.
- It is structurally related to the cytostatic fluorouracil and to floxuridine.
- Many pharmacueticals are organofluorines, such as the anti cancer fluorouracil.
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