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cisplatins

cisplatins is the plural of cisplatin.

Meaning of cisplatin

Noun

cisplatin (countable and uncountable, plural cisplatins)

  1. (uncountable) A platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl₂H₆N₂Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors and advanced bladder cancer.
    • BRCA1 sensitizes cells to apoptosis induced by antimicrotubulin agents like taxanes and vinca alkaloids and also abrogates the effect of DNA-damaging agents like cisplatin and etoposide [ 41 ].2012 September 19, Alphy Rose-James, Sreelekha TT, “Molecular Markers with Predictive and Prognostic Relevance in Lung Cancer”, in Lung cancer international, volume 2012, →DOI
  2. (countable, dated) A platin, that is, a platinum-based antineoplastic, of which the class cisplatin is the archetypal member.

Questions about cisplatins

What is cisplatins the plural of?
Cisplatins is the plural of cisplatin.

Words near cisplatins in the dictionary

  1. cisplains
  2. cisplanckian
  3. cisplatin
  4. Cisplatina
  5. cisplatine
  6. cisplatins
  7. cisplatinum
  8. cispontine
  9. cisprivilege
  10. cisqueer
  11. cisregulation

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