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antimetabolite

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000629

A drug that is very similar to natural chemicals in a normal biochemical reaction in cells but different enough to interfere with the normal division and functions of cells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000629
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000629",
  "term": "antimetabolite",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug that is very similar to natural chemicals in a normal biochemical reaction in cells but different enough to interfere with the normal division and functions of cells.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/antimetabolite/"
}

Record 2,013 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.