prodrug /pro·drug/ (-drug) a compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming an active pharmacological agent; a precursor of a drug.
prodrug
prodrug
pro·drug (pr  dr g )n. A class of drugs, initially in inactive form, that are converted into active form in the body by normal metabolic processes. |
prodrug
[prō′drug]
an inactive or partially active drug that is metabolically changed in the body to an active drug.
prodrug
Therapeutics A drug ingested in the inactive form which is transformed into an active form by in vivo metabolism
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