doxorubicin
/ˌdɒksəʊˈruːbɪsɪn/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine a bacterial antibiotic that is widely used to treat leukaemia and various other forms of cancer【医】亚德里亚霉素, 阿霉素(广泛用于治疗白血病和各种其他形式的癌症)。
1.1
- This is produced by the streptomycete bacterium Streptomyces peucetius caesius.用波赛链霉菌青灰亚种生产, 拉丁名Streptomyces peucetius caesius.
词源
1970s: from deoxy- (in the sense 'that has lost oxygen') + Latin rubus 'red' + -MYCIN.