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5-asa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
5-asa
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of mesalazine.

Uncountable

noun

Any member of the same drug class: mesalazine or any of its prodrugs (e.g., sulfasalazine, olsalazine, balsalazide).

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

An initialism from 5-aminosalicylic acid.

Usage

Inflected Forms

5-ASAs (plural)

Synonyms

mesalazine

Questions

What does 5-asa mean?
Synonym of mesalazine.
Where does 5-asa come from?
An initialism from 5-aminosalicylic acid.

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