ANTIMETABOLITE

antimetabolite

(noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

antimetabolite (plural antimetabolites)

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

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ANTHOZOAN

(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed


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