doxorubicin

[dok-suh-roo-buh-sin]

dox·o·ru·bi·cin

[dok-suh-roo-buh-sin]
noun Pharmacology.
a cytotoxic antibiotic, C27H29NO11, derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.

Origin:
d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + Latin rub(er) red (alluding to its color; see rubric, red) + -i- + -(my)cin
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doxorubicin dox·o·ru·bi·cin (dŏk'sə-r&oomacr;'bĭ-sĭn)
n.
An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius, used as an anticancer drug.

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