Home › Words › A › antipurineantipurineantipurine means inhibiting purine.EtymologyFrom anti- + purine.adjInhibiting purine.nounAny substance that inhibits purine.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.antipurinergic 78% match — That inhibits the release of purines vs antipurine →antipyrimidine 69% match — An analogue of the pyrimidines and derived nucleotides that acts as an antimetabolite vs antipurine →antifolic 68% match — Inhibiting folic acid. vs antipurine →purinyl 66% match — A univalent radical derived from a purine vs antipurine →aminopurine 66% match — Any amino derivative of a purine vs antipurine →apurinic 65% match — From which purines have been removed. vs antipurine →azidopurine 64% match — Any azido derivative of a purine, but especially the prodrug 6-azidopurine vs antipurine →antipromotional 63% match — Inhibiting the promotion of a disease. vs antipurine →