Where does “guadecitabine” come from?
guadecitabine (English) comes from English decitabine, from English -citabine, from English cytarabine, from English -arabine, from English arabinoside, from English arabinose, from English arabin, from English arabic — to flow sharply.
guadecitabine (English): A guanoside of decitabine that has antineoplastic activity
Definitions
- A guanoside of decitabine that has antineoplastic activity
Ancestry of “guadecitabine”, step by step
guadecitabine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English decitabine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | decitabine | 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase |
| 2 | English | -citabine | Used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or [[antineoplastic |
| 3 | English | cytarabine | A chemotherapeutic medication used to treat... |
| 4 | English | -arabine | Used to form names of arabinofuranosyl derivatives |
| 5 | English | arabinoside | A glycoside which yields arabinose after being... |
| 6 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 7 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 8 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 9 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 12 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 13 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
via English deoxyguanosine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deoxyguanosine | A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine |
| 2 | English | deoxy | Describing any compound formally derived from... |
| 3 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |