cytotoxic drug

English Thesaurus

1. any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine,
definition	:	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	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)