methotrexate

1. 1.

   toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis

   Synonymsmethotrexate sodiumamethopterin

   Broaderantimetaboliteimmunosuppressant

Other forms of methotrexate

plural

methotrexates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about methotrexate

What does methotrexate mean?

methotrexate means "toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis".

How many syllables are in methotrexate?

methotrexate has 4 syllables: met-ho-trex-ate. The stress falls on "trex". In IPA it is /ˌmɛθoʊˈtɹɛkˌseɪt/.

What is another word for methotrexate?

Close synonyms include methotrexate sodium, amethopterin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is methotrexate a common word?

methotrexate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with methotrexate?

4 words rhyme with methotrexate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.