"cisplatin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪsˈplæt.ɪn/ Forms: cisplatins [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cisder. English cis- English -platin English cisplatin From cis- + -platin (“platinum derivative”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cis-|-platin<t:platinum derivative>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin cisder. English cis- English -platin English cisplatin [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "gloss" : "platinum derivative", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-platin", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cisplatin", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cisplatin"> From cis- + -platin (“platinum derivative”). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cisplatin (countable and uncountable, plural cisplatins)
  1. (pharmacology, uncountable) A platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl₂H₆N₂Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors and advanced bladder cancer. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: cisplatinum, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, CDDP [initialism]
    Sense id: en-cisplatin-en-noun-sogw1ZXt Categories (other): Pharmaceutical drugs, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cis-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cis-: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 95 5 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  2. (dated, countable) A platin, that is, a platinum-based antineoplastic, of which the class cisplatin is the archetypal member. Tags: countable, dated
    Sense id: en-cisplatin-en-noun-bSaWrWYc Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -platin Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -platin: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: platin Derived forms: lipoplatin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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