cancer drug

Noun

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

antineoplastic antineoplastic drug

Hypernyms

cytotoxic drug

Hyponyms

antimetabolite melphalan floxuridine asparaginase procarbazine lomustine

Examples

Cancer drug developer Black Diamond filed IPO paperwork with regulators on Jan. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cancer cell cancer cell-like cancer chemopreventive agent cancer free Cancer hermit cancer immunomodulator