Meanings
nouncyclophosphamide (countable and uncountable, plural cyclophosphamides)
plural cyclophosphamides
- countableuncountablemedicineAn immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.
The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.
1993, Virginia Medical Quarterly, volumes 120-121, page 44
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Englishphosphamide
- Englishcyclophosphamide
From cyclo- + phosphamide.
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APA
cyclophosphamide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclophosphamide
MLA
“cyclophosphamide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclophosphamide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclophosphamide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclophosphamide.
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