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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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