cytarabine (English, noun)
expansion: cytarabine (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cytotoxic antineoplastic agent C₉H₁₃N₃O₅ that is a synthetic isomer of the naturally occurring nucleoside of cytosine and arabinose and is used to treat several types of leukemias, especially acute myeloid leukemia in adults.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: cytosine arabinoside
tags: alternative
form: ara-C
tags: alternative