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mechlorethamine

US/ˌmɛk.lɔɹˈɛθ.əˌmin/

mechlorethamine is the alternative form of chlormethine.

Meaning of chlormethine

Noun

chlormethine (uncountable)

  1. A nitrogen mustard administered by injection in the form of its hydrochloride C₅H₁₁Cl₂N·HCl in the palliative treatment of neoplastic diseases (as Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia).

Origin of mechlorethamine

From me(thyl) + chlor(o)eth(yl) + -amine.

Questions about mechlorethamine

What is mechlorethamine the alternative form of?
Mechlorethamine is the alternative form of chlormethine.
How do you pronounce mechlorethamine?
Mechlorethamine is pronounced /ˌmɛk.lɔɹˈɛθ.əˌmin/ (US).

Words near mechlorethamine in the dictionary

  1. Mechler
  2. Mechlers
  3. Mechlin
  4. Mechling
  5. Mechlings
  6. mechlorethamine
  7. mechoacan
  8. mechoui
  9. mechouis
  10. Mechoulam
  11. mechs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mechlorethamine (page history and authors); chlormethine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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