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ALKALATING AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkalating agent mean? 

ALKALATING AGENT (noun)
  The noun ALKALATING AGENT has 1 sense:

1. an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer

  Familiarity information: ALKALATING AGENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALKALATING AGENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("alkalating agent" is a kind of...):

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alkalating agent"):

chlorambucil; Leukeran (an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer)


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