antimetabolite

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antimetabolite

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From anti- + metabolite.

noun antimetabolites

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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noun any substance that competes with, or inhibits the normal metabolic process

Português	antimetabólito, antimetabólico
Français	antimétabolite
Italiano	antimetabolita
Ελληνικά	αντιμεταβολίτης antimetavolítis

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@misc{antimetabolite_2026,
  title = {antimetabolite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antimetabolite},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}