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mechlorethamine /mech·lor·eth·amine/ (mek″lor-eth´ah-mēn) one of the nitrogen mustards, used in the form of the hydrochloride salt as an antineoplastic, particularly in disseminated Hodgkin's disease.

mechlorethamine [mek″lor-eth´ah-mēn]

an alkylating agent that produces interstrand and intrastrand cross-linkages in DNA with resultant miscoding, breakage, and failure of replication. Used primarily for the treatment of disseminated hodgkin's disease, especially in the MOPP treatment regimen, and for other lymphomas, including mycosis fungoides; administered intravenously as the hydrochloride salt. Called also nitrogen mustard.

mechlorethamine

see mustine hydrochloride.

mechlorethamine

Oncology An alkylating nitrogen mustard chemotherapeutic used for lymphomas Adverse effects GI Sx, BM suppression, skin vesiculation at injection site. See MOPP regimen.

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