Antimetabolite Definition

ăntē-mĭ-tăbə-līt, ăntī-
noun
A substance that closely resembles an essential metabolite and therefore interferes with physiological reactions involving it.
American Heritage
A drug or biochemical that inhibits a metabolic process by competing with a similarly shaped metabolite for a particular enzyme.
Webster's New World
A substance that closely resembles an essential metabolite and therefore inhibits physiological reactions involving that metabolite.
American Heritage Medicine

(medicine) Any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.

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Other Word Forms of Antimetabolite

Noun

Singular:
antimetabolite
Plural:
antimetabolites

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