gemcitabine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛmˈsaɪ.təˌbin/
Noun[edit]
gemcitabine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 154:
- In the winter, we had switched to a new drug called gemcitabine, or Gemzar.