nitrogen mustard

English

Noun

nitrogen mustard (plural nitrogen mustards)

1. (chemistry) Any of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.

Hyponyms

• mechlorethamine
• cyclophosphamide
• ifosfamide
• trofosfamide
• chlorambucil
• melphalan
• prednimustine
• bendamustine
• uramustine
• estramustine

Translations

series of compounds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氮芥 (zh) (dànjiè)

• Finnish: typpisinappikaasu
• French: moutarde azotée f