English
hydroxyurea
From hydroxy- + urea.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- ‘to rain’
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Proto-Hellenic *eworhéyō
Ancient Greek οὐρέω ‘to urinate’
Ancient Greek οὖρον ‘urine’
French urée
English urea
Today it means
noun The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH₂CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound
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