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noun
Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mutamycin
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Broader terms: antibiotic, antibiotic drug
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos)der. English mito- English -mycin English mitomycin From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
