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doxorubicin

Syllabification: (dox·o·ru·bi·cin)
Definition of doxorubicin

noun

Medicine
  • a bacterial antibiotic that is widely used to treat leukemia and various other forms of cancer.
    • This is produced by the streptomycete bacterium Streptomyces peucetius caesius

Origin:

1970s: from deoxy- (in the sense 'that has lost oxygen') + Latin rubus 'red' + -mycin

doxorubicin in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of doxorubicin in the British & World English dictionary