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NITROGEN MUSTARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nitrogen mustard" is a kind of...):
chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
Context examples:
A phenylalanine derivative of nitrogen mustard with antineoplastic activity.
(Melphalan, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of cyclophosphamide, a synthetic nitrogen mustard alkylating agent, with antineoplastic and immunosuppressive activities.
(Cyclophosphamide Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic alkylating agent chemically related to the nitrogen mustards with antineoplastic and immunosuppressive activities.
(Cyclophosphamide, NCI Thesaurus)
A nitrogen mustard compound that cross-links with DNA, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis.
(Defosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)
A conjugate of two agents, estradiol and an alkylating mustard (usually mechlorethamine or non-nitrogen mustard).
(Estradiol Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic analogue of the nitrogen mustard cyclophosphamide with antineoplastic activity.
(Ifosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)
The l-alanine ester form of estramustine, a combination of the nitrogen mustard normustine coupled via a carbamate to estradiol, with antineoplastic activity.
(Alestramustine, NCI Thesaurus)
The meta form of the levo isomer melphalan, an alkylating nitrogen mustard with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Metamelfalan, NCI Thesaurus)
