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ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("antineoplastic antibiotic" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
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 "antineoplastic antibiotic"):
Mithracin; mithramycin (an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes)
Context examples:
A semisynthetic derivative of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.
(Morpholinodoxorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
An antineoplastic antibiotic derived from various Penicillium fungal species.
(Mycophenolic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
The naturally-occurring bleomycin antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces pingyangensisn.
(Pingyangmycin, NCI Thesaurus)
An analogue of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.
(Pirarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of pirarubicin, an analogue of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin with antineoplastic activity.
(Pirarubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of piroxantrone, an anthrapyrazole antineoplastic antibiotic.
(Piroxantrone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrobromide salt form of pibrozelesin, a semisynthetic water-soluble derivative of the antineoplastic antibiotic duocarmycin B2, with antineoplastic activity.
(Pibrozelesin Hydrobromide, NCI Thesaurus)
A semisynthetic water-soluble derivative of the antineoplastic antibiotic duocarmycin B2.
(Pibrozelesin, NCI Thesaurus)
An anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces nogalater.
(Nogalamycin, NCI Thesaurus)
A liposome-encapsulated preparation of the hydrochloride salt of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin.
(Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
