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rubidomycin

US/ˌɹu.bɪd.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/

rubidomycin is the alternative form of daunorubicin.

Meaning of daunorubicin

Noun

daunorubicin (countable and uncountable, plural daunorubicins)

  1. A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₀ which is a nitrogenous glycoside that interferes with DNA synthesis and is used in the treatment of acute leukemia and other cancers.

Forms of rubidomycin

pluralrubidomycins

Origin of rubidomycin

From Latin rubidus (“red, reddish”) + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Words formed from rubidomycin

Questions about rubidomycin

What is rubidomycin the alternative form of?
Rubidomycin is the alternative form of daunorubicin.
How do you pronounce rubidomycin?
Rubidomycin is pronounced /ˌɹu.bɪd.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/ (US).

Words near rubidomycin in the dictionary

  1. rubidium nitrate
  2. rubidium oxide
  3. rubidium oxides
  4. rubidium-strontium
  5. rubidiums
  6. rubidomycin
  7. rubidus
  8. rubiduses
  9. rubied
  10. rubies
  11. rubiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubidomycin (page history and authors); daunorubicin (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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