pteroylaspartic
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- (chemistry) Designating an antimetabolite acid used in treating cancers.
- 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 33:
- On September 6, 1947, Farber began to inject Sandler with pteroylaspartic acid or PAA, the first of Lederle's antifolates.