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chemo- +‎ therapeutic

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chemotherapeutic (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, oncology) Of or having to do with chemotherapy.

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chemotherapeutic (plural chemotherapeutics)

  1. (medicine, oncology) A chemical agent used in chemotherapy
    • 2005, Michael G. Goggins, “The Molecular Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer”, in Von Hoff et al., editors, Pancreatic Cancer[1], →ISBN, page 260:
      Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin.

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