fluorouracil

[ floor-uh-yoor-uh-sil, flawr-, flohr- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluorouracil¹

fluoro- + uracil

Example Sentences

The researchers tested six different pancreatic cancer drugs -- Gemcitabine, Abraxane,Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, Fluorouracil, and Trametinib -- and confirmed that using any one of the three commercial matrices would not have changed the clinical call for any patient.

From Science Daily

At the same time, Irwin said, fluorouracil, also known as 5FU, can be used to cure rectal and colon cancers, among others.

From Seattle Times

But a month ago, a national shortage of chemotherapy drugs led MultiCare to cut the amount Lind receives of a key medication, fluorouracil, by roughly 20%.

From Seattle Times

The team went on to show that this effect could be enhanced by attaching the existing pancreatic-cancer therapies fluorouracil and gemcitabine to the microbubbles8,9.

From Nature

Other chronically ill patients suffered from a shortage of medicines including methotrexate, a chemotherapy agent, as well as interferon and fluorouracil, medications used to treat cancers, that in the past were provided by the public health system but were now unavailable or had to be brought in privately from Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times