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mechlorethamine

[ me-klawr-eth-uh-meen, -klohr- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.


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