different between chemotherapy vs aprepitant

English

Etymology

chemo- +? therapy

Noun

chemotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural chemotherapies)

1. (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
2. (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

Derived terms

• chemotherapeutic

Translations

Anagrams

• chamerophyte

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +? -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??p.?t.?nt/

Noun

aprepitant (countable and uncountable, plural aprepitants)

1. (pharmacology) An antiemetic drug C₂₃H₂₁F₇N₄O₃ taken orally to prevent nausea and vomiting occurring as a consequence of cancer chemotherapy or surgery. It acts as an antagonist of receptors for substance P. It is often taken in combination with other antiemetic drugs and is marketed under the trademark Emend.

Translations

Derived terms

• fosaprepitant

References

• “aprepitant”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aprepitanto, aprepitante

Noun

aprepitant m (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) aprepitant (drug used to prevent nausea following chemotherapy)