antimetabolite

See also: antimétabolite

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ metabolite.

Noun

antimetabolite (plural antimetabolites)

1. (medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.

Derived terms

• antimetabolic

Related terms

• antimetabole

Translations

any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process

• French: antimétabolite (fr) m
• Greek: αντιμεταβολίτης (el) m (antimetavolítis)
• Italian: antimetabolita (it) f
• Polish: antymetabolit m
• Portuguese: antimetabólito m, antimetabólico m