506u78

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Noun
  1. 1
    Former designation of Nelarabine; a chemotherapy prodrug used in treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. uncountable

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nelarabine

Etymology

From the Burroughs Wellcome internal catalog number "506U", which was extended to the unified catalog number "506U78" due the 1995 merger to form Glaxo Wellcome a few months after the drug's discovery.

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