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Nitrogen Mustard

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Noun

1. nitrogen mustard

a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nitrogen Mustard

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noun
any of a class of organic compounds resembling mustard gas in their molecular structure. General formula: RN(CH2CH2Cl)2, where R is an organic group: important in the treatment of cancer

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Nitrogen Mustard

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any of a class of compounds similar to mustard gas, but having an amino nitrogen in place of a sulfur atom: used in the treatment of cancers, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nitrogen Mustard

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n.
One of a group of toxic organic compounds that are structurally similar to mustard gas but contain nitrogen instead of sulfur, used primarily as chemotherapeutic agents.

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