fluorouracil
noun
fluo·ro·ura·cil
ˌflu̇r-ō-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌsil 
-ˌsəl,
ˌflȯr-
: a fluorine-containing pyrimidine base C4H3FN2O2 used as a neoplastic agent to treat some kinds of cancer
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Rosen was one of more than 275,000 cancer patients in the United States who are infused each year with fluorouracil, known as 5-FU, or, as in Rosen’s case, take a nearly identical drug in pill form called capecitabine.
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Arthur Allen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The Turtle Hospital on Marathon Key and the University of Florida’s Sea Turtle Hospital, working closely together, have used human anti-cancer drug treatments such as fluorouracil to decrease post-surgical recurrence of eye tumors in sea turtles.
—Jessica Alice Farrell, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
The 16 drugs that Pfizer and Cipla will sell have unfamiliar names like vinblastine, bleomycin and fluorouracil.
—Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2017
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Arthur Allen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The Turtle Hospital on Marathon Key and the University of Florida’s Sea Turtle Hospital, working closely together, have used human anti-cancer drug treatments such as fluorouracil to decrease post-surgical recurrence of eye tumors in sea turtles.
—Jessica Alice Farrell, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
The 16 drugs that Pfizer and Cipla will sell have unfamiliar names like vinblastine, bleomycin and fluorouracil.
—Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2017
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“Fluorouracil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluorouracil. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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fluorouracil
noun
flu·o·ro·ura·cil
ˌflu̇(-ə)r-ō-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌsil, -ˌsəl
variants
or 5-fluorouracil
: a fluorine-containing pyrimidine base C4H3FN2O2 used to treat some kinds of cancer
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