nitrogen mustard

English

Noun

nitrogen mustard (plural nitrogen mustards)

(chemistry) Any of a series of compounds, analogous to mustard gas with sulfur replaced by nitrogen, that have been used in the treatment of cancer.

Hyponyms

Translations

series of compounds

Chinese:
Mandarin: 氮芥 (zh) (dànjiè)
Finnish: typpisinappikaasu
French: moutarde azotée f

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