See Also: trichlormethine(medicine)

tarmacadam (iou) and trichlormethine (medicine)


tarmacadam (iou)



tarmacadam noun & verb. L19.
[from TAR noun1 + MACADAM.]
A. noun. A material for surfacing roads, consisting of broken stone or ironstone slag bound with tar alone, or of tar mixed with pitch or creosote. L19.
b. verb trans. Cover with tarmacadam, apply tarmacadam to. Chiefly as tarmacadamed ppl adjective. E20.

trichlormethine (medicine)


trichlormethine


2,2',2'-Trichlorotriethylamine hydrochloride; tris(2-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride;a nitrogen mustard used in the treatment of leukaemia.