Definition of hydroxyurea
: a drug CH4N2O2 used especially to treat myeloproliferative disorders (such as polycythemia vera and myelogenous leukemia) and malignant tumors
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Vaughan, who lives in Baltimore, was worried about giving her daughter the drug hydroxyurea to treat the disease.
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The primary treatment today is hydroxyurea, a generic drug.
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First Known Use of hydroxyurea
1949
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of hydroxyurea
: an antineoplastic drug CH4N2O2 used especially to treat myeloproliferative disorders (as chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, and thrombocythemia) and malignant tumors
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