Etymograph

English

fluoropyrimidine

From fluoro- + pyrimidine.

A compound of fluoro- + pyrimidine

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

German Pyrimidin

English pyrimidine

Today it means

noun Any of many fluorine substitution products of pyrimidine or its derivatives; especially such antimetabolites used to treat cancer

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