doxorubicin
/ˌdɒk.səʊˈruː.bɪs.ɪn//ˌdɑk.səˈru.bɪs.ɪn/
构词拆解
- -o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
- -rubicin
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of daunorubicin derivatives
词源说明
Blend of (hy)d(r)ox(y)- (“functional group”) + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).
释义
名词noun
- 1(pharmacology) An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C27H29NO11·HCl in chemotherapy.