antimetabolite
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Definition of antimetabolite
: a substance that is structurally similar to a metabolite (such as a coenzyme) and that serves to inhibit a particular cellular function (such as DNA synthesis) by interfering with or blocking the metaboliteʼs action From the start [Gertrude] Elion concentrated her research on using purine and pyrimidine antimetabolites to interfere with the synthesis of nucleic acids … —Mairin Brennan
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antimetabolite
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Medical Definition of antimetabolite
: a substance (as a sulfa drug) that replaces or inhibits the utilization of a metabolite Antimetabolites, such as methotrexate masquerade as essential nutrients, which the cell uses instead of real nutrients and thus dies. —Jane E. Brody, The New York Times, 15 May 1985 antimetabolite therapy
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