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calicheamicin

calicheamicin noun: 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.

Noun

calicheamicin (plural calicheamicins)

  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.

Forms of calicheamicin

pluralcalicheamicins

Questions about calicheamicin

What does calicheamicin mean?
Calicheamicin means 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.
What part of speech is calicheamicin?
Calicheamicin is a noun.
What is the plural of calicheamicin?
The plural of calicheamicin is calicheamicins.

Words near calicheamicin in the dictionary

  1. caliceal
  2. calicectasis
  3. calicene
  4. calices
  5. caliche
  6. calicheamicin
  7. calicheamicins
  8. caliches
  9. calichon
  10. calichons
  11. caliciaceous

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