Medical term:
nitrosoureas
nitrosourea
[ni-tro″so-u-re´ah]any of a group of cell cycle phase nonspecific, lipid soluble biological alkylating agents, including carmustine, lomustine, semustine, and streptozocin; they cross the blood-brain barrier and are used as antineoplastic agents. Streptozocin is an antibiotic that contains a nitrosourea group and differs somewhat in action from the other three.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ni·tro·so·ur·e·a
(nī-trō'sō-ūr'ē-ă),Alkylating agent used in the treatment of many neoplasms; an example is BCNU.
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nitrosourea
Oncology Any of a group of lipid-soluble alkylating anticancer drugs–carmustine–BCNU, lomustine–CCNU, which cross the blood-brain barrier, and are used to manage brain tumorsMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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