| 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. |
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| Synonyms | antineoplastic, cancer drug |
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| Narrower | alkylating agent | An antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
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| antimetabolite | An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite |
| antineoplastic antibiotic | An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy |
| asparaginase, Elspar | antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia |
| floxuridine | antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers |
| lomustine | An antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease |
| melphalan, Alkeran | antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies |
| periwinkle plant derivative | An antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
| procarbazine | An antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease |
| thioguanine | An antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias |
| thiotepa | An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies |
| Broader | cytotoxic drug | Any drug that has a toxic effect on cells |
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| Spanish | antineoplásico |
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| Catalan | antineoplàstic |
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