acetylator
noun
acet·y·la·tor
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Medical Definition of acetylator
: an organism that acetylates a substance during metabolism
—used especially to describe the rate at which a person acetylates certain drugs (such as isoniazid, hydralazine, or sulfamethazine) in the body
People known as slow acetylators, for instance, take a longer time than fast acetylators to clear certain drugs from the liver.— Robin Marantz Henig, The New York Times, 10 Oct. 2004
Note: The variation among acetylators has been shown to be genetically determined. Slow acetylators may experience undesirable side effects resulting from higher drug concentrations in the body.