Associations to the word «Mercaptopurine»

Wiktionary

MERCAPTOPURINE, noun. A particular oral drug used in the treatment of cancer.

Dictionary definition

MERCAPTOPURINE, noun. A drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope