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单词 fluorouracil
释义

fluorouracil

noun

fluo·​ro·​ura·​cil ˌflu̇r-ō-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌsil How to pronounce fluorouracil (audio)
-ˌsəl,
ˌflȯr-
: a fluorine-containing pyrimidine base C4H3FN2O2 used as a neoplastic agent to treat some kinds of cancer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Turtle Hospital on Marathon Key and the University of Florida’s Sea Turtle Hospital, working closely together, have used human anti-cancer drug treatments such as fluorouracil to decrease post-surgical recurrence of eye tumors in sea turtles. Jessica Alice Farrell, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018 The 16 drugs that Pfizer and Cipla will sell have unfamiliar names like vinblastine, bleomycin and fluorouracil. Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2017

Word History

Etymology

fluor- + uracil

First Known Use

circa 1958, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

fluorouracil

noun

flu·​o·​ro·​ura·​cil ˌflu̇(-ə)r-ō-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌsil, -ˌsəl How to pronounce fluorouracil (audio)
variants or 5-fluorouracil
ˈfīv- How to pronounce fluorouracil (audio)
: a fluorine-containing pyrimidine base C4H3FN2O2 used to treat some kinds of cancer
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