cancer drug
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- cytotoxic drug hypernym
- alkylating agent hyponym
- antimetabolite hyponym
- antineoplastic antibiotic hyponym
- asparaginase hyponym
- floxuridine hyponym
- lomustine hyponym
- melphalan hyponym
- periwinkle plant derivative hyponym
- procarbazine hyponym
- thioguanine hyponym
- thiotepa hyponym
Related & opposite
- antineoplastic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antineoplastic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cytotoxic drug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alkylating agent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antimetabolite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antineoplastic antibiotic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | asparaginase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floxuridine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lomustine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melphalan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | periwinkle plant derivative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | procarbazine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thioguanine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thiotepa |