Bromodeoxyuridine
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bromodeoxyuridine is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bromodeoxiuridine, bromouridine, deoxyribothymidine, chlorodeoxyuridine, deoxyuridine, fluorodeoxyuridine.
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