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Thiouracil meaning
Thiouracil refers both to a specific molecule consisting of a sulfated uracil, and a family of molecules based upon that structure.
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Medical vocabulary what does thiouracil mean
Medical use
The substance is a historically relevant anti-thyroid preparation. Astwood E.B. used it in 1943 as therapy of Graves' disease for the first time. It remains in use.
Thiouracil inhibits thyroid activity by blocking the enzyme thyroid peroxidase. Its use in recent times has been replaced by advent of more potent and safer antithyroid drugs.
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