decitabine
English
editEtymology
editFrom de(oxy)- + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdecitabine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.