Taxol

American  

[tak-sawl, ‑sohl] / ˈtæk sɔl, ‑soʊl /

Trademark.

1. a chemical substance derived from a yew tree, Taxus brevifolia, of the Pacific Northwest: used experimentally as a drug in the treatment of cancer.

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Example Sentences

From there, Eisman was diagnosed, underwent a double mastectomy and is being treated with two types of chemotherapy: Taxol and AC, or Adriamycin and cyclophosphamide.

From MarketWatch

Sometimes prescribed under the brand name Taxol, paclitaxel is used to treat common malignancies including those originating in the ovaries and lungs.

From Science Daily

Other prominent examples of drugs derived from natural products currently used today include the anti-fungal amphotericin B, isolated from the soil bacteria Streptomyces nodosus, the chemotherapy taxol, isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, and the immunosuppressant cyclosporin, isolated from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum.

From Salon

I preferred her irritable and snappy, her hair done up in pins, scolding me for forgetting her Taxol.

From Literature

And then she would send me out to buy Taxol, patting me on the shoulder.

From Literature