decitabine

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English[edit]

Chemical structures of deoxycytidine, a building block of DNA, gemcitabine and decitabine, antimetabolite drugs that are used to treat cancer.
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Etymology[edit]

From de(oxy)- +‎ -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/

Noun[edit]

decitabine (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.
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