doxorubicin
Meanings
noun
- An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₁·HCl in chemotherapy.
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Etymology
From d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).
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