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Meaning of "mercaptopurine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCAPTOPURINE

mercaptopurine  [məˌkæptəʊˈpjʊəriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCAPTOPURINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mercaptopurine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MERCAPTOPURINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mercaptopurine in the English dictionary

The definition of mercaptopurine in the dictionary is a drug used in the treatment of leukaemia. Formula: C5H4N4S.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCAPTOPURINE


bebeerine
bəˈbɪəriːn
benzoapyrene
ˌbɛnzəʊeɪˈpaɪəriːn
chondrophorine
kɒnˈdrɒfəriːn
cycloserine
ˌsaɪkləʊˈsɪəriːn
daturine
dəˈtjʊəriːn
dourine
ˈdʊəriːn
eserine
ˈɛsəriːn
evergreen
ˈɛvəˌɡriːn
fluorene
ˈflʊəriːn
fluorine
ˈflʊəriːn
green
ɡriːn
Greene
ɡriːn
marine
məˈriːn
murein
ˈmjʊəriːn
neurine
ˈnjʊəriːn
phosphatidylserine
ˌfɒsfətɪdaɪlˈsɪəriːn
purine
ˈpjʊəriːn
screen
skriːn
victorine
ˈvɪktəriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCAPTOPURINE

mercantile
mercantile agency
mercantile marine
mercantile paper
mercantile system
mercantilism
mercantilist
mercantilistic
mercaptan
mercaptide
mercat
Mercator
Mercator projection
Mercator´s projection
mercenaries
mercenarily
mercenariness
mercenarism
mercenary
mercer

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCAPTOPURINE

avanturine
aventurine
azurine
Catherine
doctrine
exocrine
figurine
Katherine
lemurine
murine
paradoxurine
petaurine
sciurine
shrine
submarine
tambourine
taurine
urine
vulturine
xenurine

Synonyms and antonyms of mercaptopurine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mercaptopurine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCAPTOPURINE

Find out the translation of mercaptopurine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mercaptopurine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mercaptopurine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巯基嘌呤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mercaptopurina
570 millions of speakers

English

mercaptopurine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mercaptopurine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركابتوبورين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меркаптопурин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercaptopurina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mercaptopurine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mercaptopurine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mercaptopurine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mercaptopurin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メルカプトプリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머 캅토
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mercaptopurine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mercaptopurine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெர்காப்டோபியூரீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेर्कॅप्टोपायरिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

merkaptopurinin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercaptopurina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

merkaptopuryna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меркаптопурин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mercaptopurina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mercaptopurine
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

merkaptopurien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

merkaptopurin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

merkaptopurin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mercaptopurine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCAPTOPURINE»

The term «mercaptopurine» is regularly used and occupies the 97.496 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCAPTOPURINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mercaptopurine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mercaptopurine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mercaptopurine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCAPTOPURINE»

Discover the use of mercaptopurine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercaptopurine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A worldwide yearly survey of ...
Hematologic Thioguanine improved 7-year event-free survival and freedom from isolated central nervous system relapse more than mercaptopurine in 2030 children with standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia [163c]. However, 51 ...
Jeffrey K Aronson, 2012
2
Instant Pharmacology
USES: Mercaptopurine is used in the treatment of childhood acute leukaemias. MECHANISM OF ACTION: Mercaptopurine (a purine antagonist) is a cell cycle- specilic cytotoxic agent which is only effective against cells that are actively dividing ...
Kourosh Saeb-Parsy, 1999
3
Cancer Chemotherapy and Biotherapy: Principles and Practice
Phase I and clinical pharmacological study of mercaptopurine administered as a prolonged intravenous infusion. Cancer Res 1985;45:1869–1873. 19. Lafolie P, Hayder S, Bjork O, et al. Intraindividual variation in 6-mercap- topurine ...
Bruce A. Chabner, Dan L. Longo, 2011
4
Immunosuppression in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Standards, ...
9. Azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine: mechanisms. of. action,. pharmacology. and. toxicology. W. J. SANDBORN INTRODUCTION 6-Mercaptopurine and its prodrug azathioprine are effective in inducing and maintaining remission in patients with ...
K. Fellermann, D.P. Jewell, W.J. Sandborn, 2001
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Consumers Guide to Cancer Drugs
How. Drug. Works: Mercaptopurine prevents cells from making DNA and RNA by interfering with the synthesis of nucleic acids, thus stopping the growth of cancer cells, and causing them to die.
Gail M. Wilkes, Terri B. Ades, 2004
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 1990
The toxic side effects of current agents are substantial; e.g. with 6- mercaptopurine or Azathioprine one in ten 235 D. Rachmilewitz and]. Zimmerman (eds.), Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 1990, 235-241. © l 990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
D. Rachmilewitz, Joseph Zimmerman, 1990
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Adverse Drug Interactions: A Handbook for Prescribers
Lakshman Delgoda Karalliedde, Simon F.J. Clarke, Ursula Collignon, Janaka Karalliedde. MERCAPTOPURINE MERCAPTOPURINE ANTIBIOTICS – CO- TRIMOXAZOLE ≠ risk of bone marrow toxicity Additive effect Avoid co- administration ...
Lakshman Delgoda Karalliedde, Simon F.J. Clarke, Ursula Collignon, 2010
8
Essential Drug Data for Rational Therapy in Veterinary Practice
inhibition of the cellular immune response also occurs. There is usually complete cross-resistance between mercaptopurine and thioguanine. Mechanism of Action —Mercaptopurine is converted to the active nucleotide form (6-thioinosine-5' ...
Kingsley Eghianruwa, 2014
9
Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
of either direct suppression of linear growth or an inability to control disease activity fully.151 Immunoregulatory agents Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine Growing evidence supports the use of the immunoregulatory agents azathioprine and ...
Stefano Guandalini, 2004
10
Renal Pharmacotherapy: Dosage Adjustment of Medications ...
Mercaptopurine Selected References Aronoff GA, Bennett WM, Berns JS, et al. Drug prescribing in renal failure: dosing guidelines for adults and children. 5th ed . Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 2007. Balis FM, Adamson PC.
Larry K Golightly, Isaac Teitelbaum, Tyree H. Kiser, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCAPTOPURINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mercaptopurine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Experts Serve Up Guidelines for IgG4-related Disease
Azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate tacrolimus, and cyclophosphamide have all been used by various ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
2
Genetic screening reveals a link between Wnt signaling and …
Methotrexate (MTX), 6-mercaptopurine, paclitaxel (PX; Taxol) and colchicine (COL) were obtained from Tocris Bioscience (Bristol, UK). «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
As PGx Program Grows, Vanderbilt Hoping to Expand Reported …
... at Vanderbilt have TPMT alleles that placed them at risk for responding poorly to thiopurines — drugs such as azathioprine, mercaptopurine, ... «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»
4
Crohns Disease Market – Global Industry Analysis and Forecast …
Azathioprine, mercaptopurine, infliximab, adalimumab, and certolizumab pegol are some of the immune system suppressors used for the ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
5
Death after hospital policy slip-ups
... 41, was admitted with irritable bowel syndrome and suspected Crohn's disease on February 4 and prescribed the drug mercaptopurine. «The West Australian, Jun 15»
6
SIMPONI® Receives European Commission Approval for Treatment …
... including corticosteroids and 6-mercaptopurine or azathioprine, or who are intolerant to or have medical contraindications for such therapies. «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
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EU approves Simponi to treat non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
... including corticosteroids and 6-mercaptopurine or azathioprine, or who are intolerant to or have medical contraindications for such therapies. «pharmabiz.com, Jun 15»
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Fiona Stanley inquiry: Hospital staff errors contributed to Perth man's …
Phillip Olsen told the inquiry his son had been given mercaptopurine, but a blood test showed he was missing the TPMT enzyme required to ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
9
Scans Detect Complete Normalization in Crohn's Patients
The six patients were also taking combination therapy with a thiopurine (azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine). The researchers observed no significant differences ... «Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Jun 15»
10
6-Mercaptopurine reduces cytokine and Muc5ac expression …
6-Mercaptopurine reduces cytokine and Muc5ac expression involving inhibition of NF¿B activation in airway epithelial cells ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»

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