nitrogen mustard

nitrogen mustard
nitrogen mustard n any of various toxic blistering compounds analogous to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur esp mechlorethamine

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1. mechlorethamine hydrochloride. 2. any of a group of cytotoxic alkylating agents (q.v.) having the general formula R—N(CH2CH2Cl2)2; they are homologous with the vesicant war gas dichlorodiethyl sulfide (mustard gas). Those used as antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agents include chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, mechlorethamine, melphalan, and uracil mustard.

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