Synonyms for "prodrug"

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3 relation types

derived from

1 entries

drug

has context

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pharmacology

related to

6 entries

activeadministereddruginactivemetabolisedrecreational drug

Translations

11 translations across 5 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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• 前藥 /前药 noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)
• 前驅藥 /前驱药 noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)
• 前體藥物 /前体药物 noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)

Hungarian

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• előanyag noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)
• előgyógyszer noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)
• gyógyszer-előanyag noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)
• prodrog noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)

Italian

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• profarmaco noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)

Japanese

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• プロドラッグ noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)

Korean

1 entries

• 프로드러그 noun (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In France, the antidrug law forbids all forms of prodrug propaganda.

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