daunorubicin
dau·no·ru·bi·cin
noun \-ˈrü-bə-sən\Definition of DAUNORUBICIN
: an antibiotic C27H29NO10 that is a nitrogenous glycoside and is used especially in the treatment of leukemia
Origin of DAUNORUBICIN
dauno- (as in daunomycin) + rubidomycin, a substance found to be identical with daunomycin (from International Scientific Vocabulary rubido- —fr. Latin rubidus red— + -mycin)
First Known Use: circa 1968
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