hydroxyurea

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Etymology

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hydroxy- +‎ urea

Noun

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hydroxyurea (usually uncountable, plural hydroxyureas)

  1. (organic chemistry) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH2CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound