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pentostatin

pentostatin noun: a particular drug, isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus, used in chemotherapy.

Noun

pentostatin (uncountable)

  1. A particular drug, isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus, used in chemotherapy.

Questions about pentostatin

What does pentostatin mean?
Pentostatin means a particular drug, isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus, used in chemotherapy.
What part of speech is pentostatin?
Pentostatin is a noun.

Words near pentostatin in the dictionary

  1. pentose phosphate pathway
  2. pentoses
  3. pentoside
  4. pentosides
  5. pentosidine
  6. pentostatin
  7. pentosuria
  8. pentosurias
  9. pentosyl
  10. pentosyls
  11. pentosyltransferase

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