Medical Dictionary

flucytosine

noun flu·cy·to·sine \ˌflü-ˈsīt-ə-ˌsēn\

Medical Definition of FLUCYTOSINE

:  a white crystalline drug C4H4FN3O that can be synthesized from fluorouracil and is used to treat fungal infections especially by members of the genera Candida and Cryptococcus (especially Cryptococcus neoformans)

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