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eflornithine hydrochloride

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e·flor·ni·thine hydrochloride (-flôrn-thn)
n.
An antineoplastic and antiprotozoal orphan drug used in the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS and of sleeping sickness caused by Gambian trypanosomia.
eflornithine hydrochloride
[eflôr′nithēn]
an inhibitor of the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase, applied in creams by females over age 12 to limit unwanted facial hair growth and administered by injection to treat the meningoencephalitic stage (sleeping sickness) of a protozoal infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei.


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