ANTICANCER

anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour

(adjective) used in the treatment of cancer; “anticancer drug”; “an antineoplastic effect”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anticancer (not comparable)

(medicine) That is used to treat cancer.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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