Associations to the word «Antimetabolite»

Wiktionary

ANTIMETABOLITE, noun. (medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite

Dictionary definition

ANTIMETABOLITE, noun. An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite.

Wise words

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