CISPLATIN

Etymology

Noun

cisplatin (usually uncountable, plural cisplatins)

(noncount, inorganic compound, oncology, pharmaceutical drug) A simple inorganic compound of platinum, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), that is used as a chemotherapy agent against several types of cancer.

(count, dated) A platin, that is, a platinum-based antineoplastic, of which class cisplatin is the archetypal member.

Synonyms

• CDDP

• cisplatinum

Anagrams

• plasticin

Source: Wiktionary



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