gemcitabine

English

Chemical structure of gemcitabine

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛmˈsaɪ.təˌbin/

Noun

gemcitabine (uncountable)

1. (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.