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busulfan

[ byoo-suhl-fuhn ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a potent cytotoxic substance, C 6 H 14 O 6 S 2 , used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of busulfan1

1955–60; bu(tanediol dimethane) sulf(onate) its chemical name + -an perhaps originally variant of -ane

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