alkylating agent

English Thesaurus

1. an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug,
definition	:	any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	chlorambucil, leukeran,
definition	:	an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer (noun.artifact)