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zugzwang (iou) and ethyl methanesulfonate (medicine)


zugzwang (iou)



zugzwang noun. E20.
[German, from Zug move + Zwang compulsion, obligation.]
Chess. A position in which a player must move but cannot do so without disadvantage; the obligation to make a move even when disadvantageous. Freq. in in zugzwang.

ethyl methanesulfonate (medicine)


ethyl methanesulfonate
<chemical> Methanesulfonic acid, ethyl ester. An antineoplastic agent with alkylating properties. It also acts as a mutagen by damaging DNA and is used experimentally for that effect.

Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, alkylating, mutagens.

Chemical name: Methanesulfonic acid, ethyl ester