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Antimetabolite vs Antimetabolic - What's the difference?

antimetabolite | antimetabolic |

As a noun antimetabolite

is any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.

As an adjective antimetabolic is

of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite.

antimetabolite

English

Noun

(wikipedia antimetabolite) (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite

    • antimetabolic

    English

    Adjective

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  • Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antimetabolite