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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A polyanionic compound with an unknown mechanism of action. It is used parenterally in the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and it has been used clinically with diethylcarbamazine to kill the adult Onchocerca. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1643) It has also been shown to have potent antineoplastic properties. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This is a series of photos showing the drug suramin's ability to protect helper t-cells (in culture) against HIV-I infection (HTLV-III) b). On the left side of each pair are uninfected helper t-cells. On the right, the top row are t-cells killed by the HIV-I; the middle t-cells partially protected with suramin; and the bottom t-cells completely protected by suramin against the HIV-I infection. Note the t-cells, when protected by suramin, are not destroyed. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
suramin | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "SURAMIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | suramine. (various references) | ||||
French | suramine. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uraminsay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: uranism. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: animus, inarms, rumina, unarms. | |
-2 letters: airns, amins, amirs, arums, auris, inarm, mains, mairs, manus, minas, minus, munis, muras, naris, rains, ramus, ranis, ruins, sarin, simar, unais, unarm. | |
-3 letters: aims, ains, airn, airs, amin, amir, amis, amus, anis, anus, arms, arum, main, mair, mans, mars, maun, mina, mirs, muni, muns, mura, nims, rain, rami. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: aneurism, craniums, cumarins, murrains, natriums, naturism, uranisms, uraniums, urbanism. | |
+2 letters: aneurisms, antiserum, coumarins, franciums, geraniums, ignoramus, manicures, measuring, muraenids, muscarine, naturisms, nursemaid, origanums, ramequins, ruminants, ruminates, saturnism, semilunar, submarine, surnaming, urbanisms, urinemias. | |
+3 letters: anthuriums, antiserums, ausforming, duralumins, foraminous, germaniums, gramineous, harmonious, harmoniums, humanizers, insularism, journalism, luminaires, luminarias, luminaries, manicurist, manubriums, manuscript, marihuanas, marijuanas, migrainous, miniatures, muscarines, muscarinic, nasturtium, naturalism, neutralism, numeracies, nursemaids, puritanism, reassuming, ruffianism, ruminators, sanatorium, sanitarium, sanitorium, saturnisms, sporangium, stramonium, submarined, submariner, submarines, unmarrieds. | |
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