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Antimetabolite vs Fluoropyrimidine - What's the difference?

antimetabolite | fluoropyrimidine |

As nouns the difference between antimetabolite and fluoropyrimidine

is that antimetabolite is any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite while fluoropyrimidine is any of many fluorine substitution products of pyrimidine or its derivatives; especially such antimetabolites used to treat cancer.

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

    • fluoropyrimidine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of many fluorine substitution products of pyrimidine or its derivatives; especially such antimetabolites used to treat cancer