antineoplastic antibiotic

Noun
  1. An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy (synset 102725922)
    is a type of:
    • antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
    • antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, 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
    subtypes: mithracin, mithramycin - an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes

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