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anticancer
adjective
used in the treatment of cancer
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anticancer drug

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an antineoplastic effect

Syn: ↑antineoplastic, ↑antitumor, ↑antitumour
Pertains to noun: ↑tumour (for: ↑antitumour), ↑tumor (for: ↑antitumor), ↑neoplasm (for: ↑antineoplastic), ↑cancer
Derivationally related forms: ↑antineoplastic (for: ↑antineoplastic)

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\\"ˌ\ adjective
Etymology: anti- (I) + cancer
: used or effective against cancer

anticancer drugs

anticancer treatments

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/an'tee kan"seuhr, an'tuy-/, adj.
for or used in the prevention or treatment of cancer: an anticancer drug.
[1925-30; ANTI- + CANCER]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.