doxorubicin

English

Etymology

From deoxy- (in the sense “that has lost oxygen”) + -orubicin (as in daunorubicin, a previously synthesised compound of the same anthracycline class). The latter is from Latin rubus (“red”) + -mycin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɒksəʊˈɹuːbɪsɪn/

Noun

doxorubicin (countable and uncountable, plural doxorubicins)

  1. An anthracycline drug used in chemotherapy.

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