MTX has various meanings in the Common Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of MTX in Common Medical.
A competitive inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase, an enzyme required for the regeneration of the coenzyme tetrahydrofolate, which is necessary for the synthesis of thymidylate; methotrexate is used as a chemotherapeutic agent. Also called amethopterin.
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