cancer drug

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsantineoplasticantineoplastic drug

   Broadercytotoxic drug

   Narroweralkylating agentantimetaboliteantineoplastic antibioticasparaginasefloxuridinelomustinemelphalanperiwinkle plant derivativeprocarbazinethioguanine

Questions about cancer drug

What does cancer drug mean?

cancer drug means "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".

What is another word for cancer drug?

Close synonyms include antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cancer drug a common word?

cancer drug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.