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💉 Related to chemotherapy 💊 A cancer drug
chemotherapeutic

chemotherapeutic

1 7.3
Relating to treatment of cancer using strong drugs that kill cancer cells
  • adjective
  • /ˌkiːmoʊθəˈrɛpjuːtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : quimioterapéutico
  • She received a chemotherapeutic drug to help reduce the size of her tumor.
  • chemotherapeutic agents
  • chemotherapeutic regimen
  • chemotherapeutic drugs

Examples

  • Moreover, pre-treating AML cells with functional miR-29b before administration of a chemotherapeutic agent resulted in a significant increase in the anti-leukemic activity of this drug.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Adaptation of tumor cells to stressors such as hypoxia, starvation, or chemotherapeutic agents underlies the biology of cancer progression.

    Academic text (2017)

  • HCC is highly resistant to traditional chemotherapeutic strategies.

    Academic text (2017)

  • In such cases, different chemotherapeutic agents have been utilized singly or in combination.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Blanchette added that the nanosphere composition can be tailored to deliver specific chemotherapeutic agents.

    Academic text (2004)

  • We suggest that these insights could be applied to tailor existing chemotherapeutic drugs to rationalize the use of paclitaxel.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The most commonly used chemotherapeutic agents include doxorubicin, cisplatin, and high-dose methotrexate.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Second, the persistence of organisms that are resistant to chemotherapeutic agents requires prolonged chemotherapy of active disease, which leads to problems in terms of logistics and compliance.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Other pharmaceuticals used include Aerosolized Pentamidine Therapy or chemotherapeutic agents such as Adriamycin, Vincristine, or Bleomycin.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The chemotherapeutic agent, Docetaxel, has demonstrated efficacy in prolonging survival in patients with metastatic CRPC 66.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

chemotherapeutical
vschemotherapeutic
  • Specialized
7.7

Used to describe treatment that uses strong drugs to kill cancer cells

is the adjective with the -ic ending used for the same treatment
antineoplastic
vschemotherapeutic
  • Specialized
8.9

A drug that stops or slows the growth of cancer

is specific to treatment by chemotherapy rather than any tumor medicine
anticancer
vschemotherapeutic
  • Specialized
4.2

A medicine that helps prevent or treat cancer

is specific to treatment by chemotherapy rather than any method
antitumor
vschemotherapeutic
  • Specialized
4.6

Stopping or slowing the growth of tumors, especially cancerous ones

is specific to treatment by chemotherapy rather than general tumor control

Surface Forms

chemotherapeutic positive

Morphology

chemotherapeutic = chemotherapy (transparent) = chemo + therapy + ic

The adjective is directly formed from 'chemotherapy' with the adjectival suffix '-ic', so its meaning relates straightforwardly to chemotherapy.

Etymology

Chemotherapeutic comes from chemo- meaning 'chemical' and therapeutic meaning 'healing', like the common words chemical and therapy. So chemotherapeutic describes a treatment that uses chemicals to help heal disease, especially cancer.