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ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUG

Dictionary entry overview: What does antineoplastic drug mean?

• ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUG (noun)
The noun ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUG has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug

Hypernyms ("antineoplastic drug" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antineoplastic drug"):

alkalating agent (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)

thioguanine (an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias)

procarbazine (an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease)

periwinkle plant derivative (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)

Alkeran; melphalan (antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies)

lomustine (an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease)

floxuridine (antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair)

asparaginase; Elspar (antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia)

antineoplastic antibiotic (an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy)

antimetabolite (an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite)

thiotepa (an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies)

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