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countable and uncountable, plural cisplatins
(pharmacology, uncountable) A platinum-containing antineoplastic drug cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (Cl2H6N2Pt) that is cytotoxic and is used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors and advanced bladder cancer.
(dated, countable) A platin, that is, a platinum-based antineoplastic, of which class cisplatin is the archetypal member. examples