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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: antibiotic, antibiotic drug
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English d(e)ox(y)- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -rubicin English doxorubicin From d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).
