THIOGUANINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("thioguanine" is a kind of...):

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)

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