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抗がん剤 (こうがんざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

抗こうがん剤ざい

also: こうガンざい

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Meanings

1

noun

anticancer drug; anticancer agent

Medical term for drugs used in cancer treatment, including chemotherapy and targeted therapy.

この抗こうがん剤ざいは副ふく作さ用ようが少すくないと聞ききました。
I heard this anticancer drug has few side effects.
新あたらしい抗こうがん剤ざいの治ち験けんが始はじまっ

た

。

A clinical trial for a new anticancer agent has started.

Written forms

抗こうがん剤ざい
Common mixed-kana spelling; がん is often written in kana in medical contexts.
抗こう癌がん剤ざい
Kanji spelling using 癌; may appear in formal or older medical documents.
抗こうガン剤ざい
Katakana variant for ガン; sometimes used for emphasis or in patient-facing materials.
こうガンざい

Kanji

抗confront, resist, defy
剤dose, medicine, drug
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Similar words

化か学がく療りょう法ほう
Refers to chemotherapy as a treatment method, while 抗がん剤 specifically denotes the drugs used.
制せい癌がん剤ざい
An older term for anticancer drugs; 抗がん剤 is more common in modern usage.

Etymology

Compound of 抗 (anti-) + がん (cancer) + 剤 (drug/agent).