chemotherapeutic
chemotherapeutic adjective: of or having to do with chemotherapy.
Adjective
chemotherapeutic (not comparable)
- Of or having to do with chemotherapy.
- But for a vast majority of cancers, more intensive regimens of standard chemotherapeutic drugs did not necessarily mean more survival.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 232
Noun
chemotherapeutic (plural chemotherapeutics)
- A chemical agent used in chemotherapy
- Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin.2005, Michael G. Goggins, “The Molecular Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer”, in Von Hoff et al., editors, Pancreatic Cancer, →ISBN, page 260
chemotherapeutic meaning in Tamil
chemotherapeutic in Tamil
- வேதியல் உணர்விகள்
Forms of chemotherapeutic
| plural | chemotherapeutics |
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Origin of chemotherapeutic
From chemo- + therapeutic.
Words formed from chemotherapeutic
Questions about chemotherapeutic
- What does chemotherapeutic mean?
- Chemotherapeutic means of or having to do with chemotherapy.
- What is chemotherapeutic in Tamil?
- Chemotherapeutic in Tamil is வேதியல் உணர்விகள். See Chemotherapeutic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chemotherapeutic?
- Chemotherapeutic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near chemotherapeutic in the dictionary
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