-citabine

English

Etymology

Contraction of cytarabine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/

Suffix

-citabine

  1. (pharmacology) Used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -citabine
ancitabine
apricitabine
capecitabine
decitabine
dexelvucitabine
elvucitabine
emtricitabine
enocitabine
fiacitabine
galocitabine
gemcitabine
guadecitabine
ibacitabine
mericitabine
sapacitabine
tezacitabine
torcitabine
troxacitabine
valopicitabine
zalcitabine
  • -arabine (“arabinofuranosyl derivative”)

References

  • The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances‎[1], Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018
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