Definition of "cytarabine" []

• A particular drug used in chemotherapy. (noun)

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• "The shortage of the chemotherapy drug, called cytarabine, is so severe that major cancer and academic medical centers are rationing the drug while other hospitals have run out and are scrambling to get more."
• "For some drugs, such as a leukemia drug called cytarabine, there are no effective substitutes."
• "The three companies that make the drug, called cytarabine, have all suffered production difficulties in the past year."