doxorubicin

doxorubicin [dok-suh-roo-buh-sin] Word Origin noun Pharmacology.

1. a cytotoxic antibiotic, C27H29NO11, derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.

Origin of doxorubicin d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + Latin rub(er) red (alluding to its color; see rubric, red1) + -i- + -(my)cin doxorubicin in Medicine doxorubicin [dŏk′sə-rōō′bĭ-sĭn] n.

1. An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius, used as an anticancer drug.