chlorambucil

chlorambucil definition - medical

chlor·am·bu·cil (klôr-ămˈbyə-sĭl)

noun
An anticancer drug that is a derivitive of nitrogen mustard and is used to depress the proliferation and maturation of lymphocytes in such diseases as leukemia and Hodgkin's disease.

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