bleomycin
[ blee-uh-mahy-sin ]
nounPharmacology.
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
11965–70; apparently alteration of phleomycin, an antibiotic derived earlier from the same source; initial elements phleo-, bleo- unexplained by originators; see -mycin
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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
Origin of bleomycin
1C20: from bleo- unknown + -mycin
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