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pingyangmycin

pingyangmycin noun: an antitumor glycopeptide antibiotic belonging to the bleomycin family, produced by Streptomyces verticillus var. pingyangensis.

Noun

pingyangmycin (uncountable)

  1. An antitumor glycopeptide antibiotic belonging to the bleomycin family, produced by Streptomyces verticillus var. pingyangensis.
    • This was a retrospective study of 27 patients diagnosed with giant hepatic hemangioma and treated with TAE alone (using lipiodol mixed with pingyangmycin) at the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, between January 2010 and March 2013.2015 August 20, “Transcatheter Arterial Embolization Alone for Giant Hepatic Hemangioma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pingyangmycin

From translingual pingyangensis + -mycin.

Questions about pingyangmycin

What does pingyangmycin mean?
Pingyangmycin means an antitumor glycopeptide antibiotic belonging to the bleomycin family, produced by Streptomyces verticillus var. pingyangensis.
What part of speech is pingyangmycin?
Pingyangmycin is a noun.

Words near pingyangmycin in the dictionary

  1. Pingwu
  2. Pingxi
  3. Pingxiang
  4. pingy
  5. Pingyang
  6. pingyangmycin
  7. Pingyao
  8. Pingyu
  9. Pingyuan
  10. Pingzhen
  11. pinhead

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