mercaptopurine (English, noun)
expansion: mercaptopurine (countable and uncountable, plural mercaptopurines)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An thiol antimetabolite C₅H₄N₄S that interferes especially with the metabolism of purine bases and the biosynthesis of nucleic acids and that is sometimes used in the treatment of acute leukemia.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: mercaptopurines
tags: plural
form: 6-mercaptopurine
tags: alternative