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May 27, 2012
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mer•cap•to•pu•rine



Pronunciation: (mur-kap"tō-pyoor'ēn), [key]
—n. Pharm.
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C5H4N4S, used in the treatment of leukemia.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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