FLOXURIDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does floxuridine mean? 

• FLOXURIDINE (noun)
  The noun FLOXURIDINE has 1 sense:

1. antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair

  Familiarity information: FLOXURIDINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOXURIDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("floxuridine" 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)

 Context examples 

Examples are capecitabine, floxuridine, and fluorouracil (5-FU).

(Fluoropyrimidine, NCI Dictionary)

As an antimetabolite, floxuridine inhibits thymidylate synthase, resulting in disruption of DNA synthesis and cytotoxicity.

(Floxuridine, NCI Thesaurus)