decitabine
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Deoxcytidine%252C_Gemcitidine_and_Decitabine.png.webp)
Chemical structures of deoxycytidine, a building block of DNA, gemcitabine and decitabine, antimetabolite drugs that are used to treat cancer.
Etymology
From de(oxy)- + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/
Noun
decitabine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.