A drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. It is used in the treatment of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
( TRY-meh-TREK-sayt gloo-KYOO-roh-nayt )
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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