cancer drug
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | cytotoxic drug, |
| definition | : | any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | alkylating agent, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | antimetabolite, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | asparaginase, elspar, |
| definition | : | antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | floxuridine, |
| definition | : | antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | lomustine, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | alkeran, melphalan, |
| definition | : | antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | procarbazine, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | thioguanine, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | thiotepa, |
| definition | : | an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies (noun.artifact) |
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