antineoplastic drug

Noun antineoplastic drug has 1 sense

• antineoplastic drug(n = noun.artifact) antineoplastic, 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;
has particulars: alkylating agent, antimetabolite, antineoplastic antibiotic, asparaginase, elspar, floxuridine, lomustine, alkeran, melphalan, periwinkle plant derivative, procarbazine, thioguanine, thiotepa
is a kind of cytotoxic drug