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Chemotherapy vs Aprepitant - What's the difference?

chemotherapy | aprepitant |

In medicine terms the difference between chemotherapy and aprepitant

is that chemotherapy is any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state while aprepitant is an antagonist drug, 5-[[(2S,3R)-2-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethoxy]-3-(4-fluorophenyl)morpholin-4-yl] methyl]-1,2-dihydro-1,2,4-triazol-3-one, used to prevent nausea following chemotherapy.

chemotherapy

English

(wikipedia chemotherapy)

Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

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    aprepitant

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia aprepitant)
  • (medicine) An antagonist drug, 5-[[(2S,3R)-2-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethoxy]-3-(4-fluorophenyl)morpholin-4-yl] methyl]-1,2-dihydro-1,2,4-triazol-3-one , used to prevent nausea following chemotherapy