decitabine
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Deoxcytidine%2C_Gemcitidine_and_Decitabine.png/220px-Deoxcytidine%2C_Gemcitidine_and_Decitabine.png)
Etymology
[edit]From de(oxy)- + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]decitabine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.