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oxaliplatin

noun

Etymology

From oxalate + -i- + -platin (“platinum derivative”).

  1. borrowed from oxalate
  2. formed as oxaliplatin — “oxalate + -i- + -platin”

Definitions

  1. A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA