antimetabolite

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See also: antimétabolite

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ metabolite.

Noun

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antimetabolite (plural antimetabolites)

  1. (medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.

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