ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antineoplastic antibiotic mean? 

• ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC (noun)
  The noun ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy

  Familiarity information: ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("antineoplastic antibiotic" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug; cancer drug (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antineoplastic antibiotic"):

Mithracin; mithramycin (an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes)

 Context examples 

An heterocyclic antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Actinomycete strain J907-21.

(Elsamitrucin, NCI Thesaurus)

An antineoplastic antibiotic that does not fit into an established antineoplastic antibiotic subcategory.

(Miscellaneous Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

A methylazirinopyrroloindoledione antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces caespitosus and other Streptomyces bacterial species.

(Mitomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

A methylazirinopyrroloindoledione antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces caespitosus.

(Mitomycin A, NCI Thesaurus)

A polypeptide quinoxaline antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces echinatus.

(Echinomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

An enediyne antineoplastic antibiotic hybrid containing an anthraquinone moiety isolated from the bacterium Micromonospora chersina.

(Dynemicin A, NCI Thesaurus)

An oligosaccharide anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces galilaeus.

(Aclarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-synthetic derivative of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic daunorubicin.

(Detorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

An antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces distallicus.

(Distamycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

A spirocyclopropylhexadienone-containing antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces bacterial species or derived synthetically.

(Duocarmycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)