antineoplastic

an·ti·ne·o·plas·tic  (nt-n-plstk, nt-)

adj.

Inhibiting or preventing the growth or development of malignant cells.

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anti·neo·plastic n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	antineoplastic - 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 antineoplastic drug, cancer drug alkylating agent - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer antimetabolite - an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite antineoplastic antibiotic - an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy asparaginase, Elspar - antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia cytotoxic drug - any drug that has a toxic effect on cells; commonly used in chemotherapy to inhibit the proliferation of cancerous cells floxuridine - antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair lomustine - an antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease Alkeran, melphalan - antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies periwinkle plant derivative - an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer procarbazine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease thioguanine - an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias thiotepa - an antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies
Adj.	1.	antineoplastic - used in the treatment of cancer; "anticancer drug"; "an antineoplastic effect" anticancer, antitumor, antitumour