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doxorubicin

UK/ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/US/ˌdɑk.səˈɹu.bɪs.ɪn/

doxorubicin 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.

doxorubicin: an anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is...
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Noun

doxorubicin (countable and uncountable, plural doxorubicins)

  1. 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.
    • A nanobullet comprising of multifunctional Janus nanocomposites (a head of magnetic Fe₃O₄ and a body of mesoporous SiO₂ containing doxorubicin) is reported to be a safe and efficient treatment for liver cancer.2020 September 11, Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D, “What are the Recent Applications of Nanobullets?”, in AZO Nano

Forms of doxorubicin

pluraldoxorubicins
alternative formadriablastin
alternative formhydroxydaunorubicin

Origin of doxorubicin

From d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).

Words formed from doxorubicin

Questions about doxorubicin

What does doxorubicin mean?
Doxorubicin means 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.
What part of speech is doxorubicin?
Doxorubicin is a noun.
How do you pronounce doxorubicin?
Doxorubicin is pronounced /ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of doxorubicin?
The plural of doxorubicin is doxorubicins.

Words near doxorubicin in the dictionary

  1. doxologizing
  2. doxology
  3. Doxon
  4. doxophobia
  5. doxophylline
  6. doxorubicin
  7. doxorubicinol
  8. doxorubicinone
  9. doxorubicins
  10. doxorubin
  11. doxpicomine

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