chemotherapeutic

English

Etymology

chemo- +‎ therapeutic

Adjective

chemotherapeutic (not comparable)

(medicine, oncology) Of or having to do with chemotherapy.

Derived terms

chemotherapeutically
chemotherapeutic agent

Translations

of or having to do with chemotherapy

Czech: chemoterapeutický

German: chemotherapeutisch

Noun

chemotherapeutic (plural chemotherapeutics)

(medicine, oncology) A chemical agent used in chemotherapy
- 2005, Michael G. Goggins, “The Molecular Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer”, in Von Hoff et al., editors, Pancreatic Cancer‎, →ISBN, page 260:
  Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin.

Translations

chemical agent

German: Chemotherapeutikum n

Coordinate terms

pharmacotherapeutic

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