AMETHOPTERIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amethopterin mean? 

• AMETHOPTERIN (noun)
  The noun AMETHOPTERIN has 1 sense:

1. toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis

  Familiarity information: AMETHOPTERIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMETHOPTERIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amethopterin; methotrexate; methotrexate sodium

Hypernyms ("amethopterin" is a kind of...):

antimetabolite (an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite)

immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressant; immunosuppressive; immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressor (a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response)

 Context examples 

Also called amethopterin, methotrexate, and Rheumatrex.

(MTX, NCI Dictionary)

Also called amethopterin, MTX, and Rheumatrex.

(Methotrexate, NCI Dictionary)

Amethopterin stops cells from making DNA and may kill cancer cells.

(Amethopterin, NCI Dictionary)