bromodeoxyuridine
noun
bro·mo·de·oxy·ur·i·dine
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or 5-bromodeoxyuridine \ ˈfīv-
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Medical Definition of bromodeoxyuridine
: a mutagenic analog C9H11O5NBr of thymidine that induces chromosomal breakage especially in heterochromatic regions and has been used to selectively destroy actively dividing cells
—abbreviation BUdR