cisplatin
See also: Cisplatin
English
Structure diagram of cisplatin
Etymology
From cis- + platin(um).
Noun
cisplatin (usually uncountable, plural cisplatins)
- (inorganic chemistry, oncology, pharmacology) A simple inorganic compound of platinum, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), that is used as a chemotherapy agent against several types of cancer.
Synonyms
- CDDP
- cisplatinum
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