procarbazine
noun
pro·car·ba·zine
prō-ˈkär-bə-ˌzēn 
-zən
: an antineoplastic drug C12H19N3O that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used in the form of its hydrochloride especially in the palliative treatment of Hodgkin's disease
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Male mice in the study were exposed to one of three common anticancer drugs---cyclophosphamide, mitomycin C, or procarbazine---and then allowed to mate with untreated females.
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procarbazine
noun
pro·car·ba·zine
prō-ˈkär-bə-ˌzēn, -zən
: an antineoplastic drug that occurs as a white to yellowish crystalline powder, is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and is used in the form of its hydrochloride C12H19N3O·HCl especially in the palliative treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma
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