antimetabolite
antimetabolite · antimetabolites
Any substance that competes with or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by…Any substance that competes with or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.
Meaning
1 sensesAny substance that competes with or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.
an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From anti- + metabolite.From anti- + metabolite.
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Forms
plural: antimetabolites| Singular | antimetabolite |
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedantimetabole
Derivedantimetabolic