calicheamicin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of enediyne antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora, extremely toxic to all living cells and used in targeted therapy against cancer.

Word forms

calicheamicin calicheamicins
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