decitabine

English

Chemical structures of deoxycytidine, a building block of DNA, gemcitabine and decitabine, antimetabolite drugs that are used to treat cancer.

Etymology

From de(oxy)- +‎ -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/

Noun

decitabine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.