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antimetabolite

noun/ˌæntimɪˈtæbəlaɪt/

C2CEFR level
93/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A drug that interferes with normal metabolic pathways, often by mimicking a natural substrate, to impair cell growth.

The antimetabolite disrupts DNA synthesis and is used both in cancer and in some autoimmune conditions.

Topic: Pharmacology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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