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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite

Etymologies

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From anti- +‎ metabolic

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Examples

  • This lead to the loss of antitumor activity, with the exception of the 2-amino-6-mercapto derivative, thioguanine, which we had previously found to have strong antimetabolic activity.

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

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