Definition of "alkylating" []

• Present participle of alkylate. (verb)

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• "In 2002, they discovered that the gene alteration makes brain cancer cells more responsive to anticancer drugs known as alkylating agents."
• "For example, drugs known as alkylating agents are associated with the development of leukemia many years later."
• "Some chemotherapy medicines, such as those in the alkylating agents group, can cause infertility."