Druggability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The ability of a portion of a genome to be targeted by a drug, especially by a small molecule drug

    "A target's druggability is usually estimated by classifying it with known gene families that have previously been successfully targeted with drugs."

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"A target's druggability is usually estimated by classifying it with known gene families that have previously been successfully targeted with drugs."

Etymology

From drug + -ability.

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