hydroxyurea

noun

hy·​droxy·​urea hī-ˌdräk-sē-yu̇-ˈrē-ə 

: a drug CH₄N₂O₂ used especially to treat myeloproliferative disorders (such as polycythemia vera and myelogenous leukemia) and malignant tumors

Examples of hydroxyurea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many receive doses of hydroxyurea, a drug that can reduce periods of severe pain and other complications, and researchers there are studying its effectiveness in Ugandan children. Nabulo, now 37, is one of the hospital’s patients. —Rodney Muhumuza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024

Take hydroxyurea, an oral drug that makes red blood cells more flexible, reducing pain crises and the need for blood transfusions. —Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Mar. 2023

This is in sharp contrast to hydroxyurea which is available in capsules and does not require hospital visits that would be additional costs for patients. —Paul Adepoju, Quartz Africa, 26 Nov. 2019

Current treatments include a 21-year-old cancer drug called hydroxyurea and Endari, approved in 2017. —Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019

The most effective sickle cell drug, hydroxyurea, has hardly even been studied in sub-Saharan Africa, let alone made widely available. —Sharon Begley, STAT, 23 Oct. 2019

Among the treatments currently used is a medication called hydroxyurea, which can stimulate the production of fetal hemoglobin. —Michael Nedelman and Minali Nigam, CNN, 30 July 2019

The patients in the trial are divided into two groups, one also receiving a pain relief drug called hydroxyurea and one not receiving it. —Tess Vrbin, courant.com, 19 June 2019

Your doctor can treat sickle cell anemia with a variety of medications, including antibiotics to ward off life-threatening infections, pain-relieving medications, and hydroxyurea, a medication that can prevent episodes of pain, the Mayo Clinic says. —Korin Miller, SELF, 19 Sep. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hydroxyurea

• amenorrhea
• amenorrhoea
• cassiopeia
• collectanea
• dysmenorrhea
• dysmenorrhoea
• laminaria
• pharmacopeia
• pharmacopoeia
• solanaceae
• thiourea
• aliya

Medical Definition

hydroxyurea

noun

hy·​droxy·​urea -yu̇-ˈrē-ə 

: an antineoplastic drug CH₄N₂O₂ used especially to treat myeloproliferative disorders (as chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, and thrombocythemia) and malignant tumors