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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 malignancies
Familiarity information: THIOTEPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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