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(floor-oh-YOOR-uh-sil)
| | A drug used to treat symptoms of cancer of the colon, breast, stomach, and pancreas. It is also used in a cream to treat certain skin conditions. Fluorouracil stops cells from making DNA and it may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite. Also called 5-fluorouracil and 5-FU. |
| Previous Definitions: | fluoropyrimidine, fluoroquinolone, fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, fluorothymidine F 18 | | Next Definitions: | fluoxetine, fluphenazine, fluphenazine hydrochloride, flutamide, fluvoxamine |
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