noun
- A synthetic chemical compound used as an alkylating agent in cancer chemotherapy and as a sterilizing agent.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; also known as triethylene melamine or TEM
Examples
- Metepa was investigated as a potential treatment for certain malignant tumors.
- The drug metepa functions by damaging cancer cell DNA.
- Researchers studied metepa's effectiveness in clinical trials during the mid-20th century.