antineoplastic

Speech parts

1. antineoplastic - Noun

2. antineoplastic - Adjective

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

used in the treatment of cancer

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

anticancer antitumor antitumour cancer drug antineoplastic drug growth cancer neoplastic tumor aneurysm tumour anti-neoplastic anti-cancer malignant neoplasm metastatic tumor

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Hypernyms

cytotoxic drug

Hyponyms

antimetabolite melphalan floxuridine asparaginase procarbazine lomustine

Examples

anticancer drug Source: Internet

an antineoplastic effect Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antinematodal antinematode antineoplasm antineoplastic antibiotic antineoplastic drug antineoplasticity