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bromodeoxyuridine

noun bro·mo·de·oxy·ur·i·dine
\ˌbrō-mō-ˌdē-ˌäk-sē-ˈyr-ə-ˌdēn, -dən\

Medical Definition of BROMODEOXYURIDINE

:  a mutagenic analog C9H11O5NBr of thymidine that induces chromosomal breakage especially in heterochromatic regions and has been used to selectively destroy actively dividing cells—abbreviation BUdR

Variants of BROMODEOXYURIDINE

bro·mo·de·oxy·ur·i·dine or 5–bro·mo·de·oxy·ur·i·dine \ˈfīv-\

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