bromodeoxyuridine

noun

A synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine

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Meanings

nounbromodeoxyuridine (uncountable, abbreviation BrdU)

abbreviation BrdU

  1. uncountablechemistryA synthetic nucleoside which is an analogue of thymidine; it is commonly used in the detection of proliferating cells in living tissues, where it competes with uridine
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