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rapamycin

/ˌɹæp.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/

rapamycin is the alternative form of sirolimus.

Meaning of sirolimus

Noun

sirolimus (uncountable)

  1. An immunosuppressive drug C₅₁H₇₉NO₁₃ that is a macrocyclic lactone obtained from a soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus and is taken orally especially to prevent rejection of transplanted organs.

Origin of rapamycin

From Rapa Nui Rapa (Nui) (“Easter Island”) + English -mycin.

Words formed from rapamycin

Questions about rapamycin

What is rapamycin the alternative form of?
Rapamycin is the alternative form of sirolimus.
How do you pronounce rapamycin?
Rapamycin is pronounced /ˌɹæp.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/.

Words near rapamycin in the dictionary

  1. rapalog
  2. rapalogs
  3. rapalogue
  4. rapalogues
  5. Rapalos
  6. rapamycin
  7. rapamycine
  8. Rapan
  9. rapanone
  10. Rapanui
  11. Rapaport

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rapamycin (page history and authors); sirolimus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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