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THIOTEPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thiotepa mean? 

THIOTEPA (noun)
  The noun THIOTEPA has 1 sense:

1. an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignanciesplay

  Familiarity information: THIOTEPA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THIOTEPA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("thiotepa" 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)


 Context examples 


An azirine-based thiotepa derivative with alkylating activity.

(Azetepa, NCI Thesaurus)



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