anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour
(adjective) used in the treatment of cancer; “anticancer drug”; “an antineoplastic effect”
antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
antineoplastic (not comparable)
(pharmaceutical effect, oncology) Inhibiting the development of tumours.
antineoplastic (plural antineoplastics)
(pharmaceutical drug) Any such agent, used in chemotherapy.
Source: Wiktionary
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
