Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antineoplastic_antibiotic

1 sense of antineoplastic antibiotic

Sense 1
antineoplastic antibiotic -- (an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy)
       => antibiotic, antibiotic drug -- (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs")
       => antineoplastic, antineoplastic drug, cancer drug -- (any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function)