dasatinib

D2A1S1A1T1I1N1I1B3

noun

A particular drug used as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

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Meanings

noundasatinib (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA particular drug used as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

    In 2009, Mayfield still remains in remission, now on dasatinib.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 443

Origin

From Das + -tinib, after its discoverer, the chemist Jagabandhu Das.

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APA

dasatinib. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasatinib

MLA

“dasatinib.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasatinib. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dasatinib,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasatinib.

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