mechlorethamine

[me-klawr-eth-uh-meen, -klohr-]

noun Pharmacology.

a nitrogen mustard, C5H11Cl2N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.

Origin of mechlorethamine

me(thyl) + chlor-² + eth(yl) + amine

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