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doxorubicins

doxorubicins is the plural of doxorubicin.

Meaning of doxorubicin

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

Questions about doxorubicins

What is doxorubicins the plural of?
Doxorubicins is the plural of doxorubicin.

Words near doxorubicins in the dictionary

  1. doxophobia
  2. doxophylline
  3. doxorubicin
  4. doxorubicinol
  5. doxorubicinone
  6. doxorubicins
  7. doxorubin
  8. doxpicomine
  9. doxribtimine
  10. Doxtator
  11. Doxtators

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