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单词 bleomycin
释义

bleomycin

[ blee-uh-mahy-sin ]
/ ˌbli əˈmaɪ sɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

a cytotoxic antibiotic, C55H84N17O21S3, derived from the fermentation product of the bacterium Streptomyces certicillus, used in the management of certain epithelial cell and testicular carcinomas and malignant lymphomas.

Origin of bleomycin

1965–70; apparently alteration of phleomycin, an antibiotic derived earlier from the same source; initial elements phleo-, bleo- unexplained by originators; see -mycin

Words nearby bleomycin

blennostasis, blennuria, blenny, Blenoxane, blent, bleomycin, blephar-, blepharectomy, blepharedema, blepharism, blepharitis
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British Dictionary definitions for bleomycin

bleomycin
/ (ˌbliːəʊˈmaɪsɪn) /

noun

a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease

Word Origin for bleomycin

C20: from bleo- unknown + -mycin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for bleomycin

bleomycin
[ blē′ə-mīsĭn ]

n.

Any of several glycopeptide antibiotics obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus. Their sulfates were once used as antineoplastic agents.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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