Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vemurafenib

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: ve-mu-rafenib
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drug for the treatment of late-stage melanoma.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This prompted numerous novel targeted cancer medicines guided by a CDx assay to seek the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA), including cetuximab, crizotinib, vemurafenib etc."

Etymology

From V600E mutated BRAF inhibition.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does vemurafenib mean?: A drug for the treatment of late-stage melanoma.
Where does vemurafenib come from?: From V600E mutated BRAF inhibition.

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