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ectoposide

ectoposide is the misspelling of etoposide.

Meaning of etoposide

Noun

etoposide (plural etoposides)

  1. A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
    • Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 206

Questions about ectoposide

What is ectoposide the misspelling of?
Ectoposide is the misspelling of etoposide.

Words near ectoposide in the dictionary

  1. ectoplasmically
  2. ectoplasms
  3. ectoplast
  4. ectoplastic
  5. ectoplasts
  6. ectoposide
  7. ectoproct
  8. ectoproctan
  9. ectoproctans
  10. ectoproctous
  11. ectoprocts

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