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HYDROXYUREA

Specialty Definition: HYDROXYUREA

DomainDefinition

Health

An antineoplastic agent that inhibits DNA synthesis through the inhibition of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase. (references)

Medicine

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: HYDROXYUREA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Hydroxyurea appears to work primarily by stimulating production of fetal hemoglobin. (references)

Antitumor antibiotics, hydroxyurea, VP-16, and procarbazine can also cause nonspecific mucosal ulceration. (references)

The long-term side effects of hydroxyurea and its effects in children with sickle cell anemia are still being studied. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HYDROXYUREA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hydroxyurea

65

hydroxyurea side effects

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HYDROXYUREA

Language Translations for "HYDROXYUREA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hydroxyurinstof, hydroxyurea. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hydroxyureum, Hydréa. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hydroksiurea. (various references)

   

French

  

hydroxyurée, Hydréa. (various references)

   

German

  

Hydroxyharnstoff, Hydrea. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Hydrea, υδροξυουρία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Hydrea, idrossiurea. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ydroxyureahay

   

Portuguese

  

hidroxiureia. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Hydrea, hidroxiurea. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: HYDROXYUREA

Derivations

Words beginning with "HYDROXYUREA": hydroxyureas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: HYDROXYUREA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-o-r-r-u-x-y-y"

-3 letters: hurrayed.

-4 letters: dhourra, hoarder, hydroxy.

-5 letters: adorer, ardour, dourah, dourer, dreary, harder, heyday, hoaxed, hoaxer, horary, hurray, hydrae, ordure, roared.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-o-r-r-u-x-y-y"
 

+1 letter: hydroxyureas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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