English

Adriamycin

Noun

adriamycin ‎(uncountable)

1. An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
   • 2009 March 10, Jane E. Brody, “Oxygen Therapy Is Valuable, Sometimes”, in New York Times:

     Also, the therapy is clearly dangerous for some patients, including those with a collapsed lung and those receiving chemotherapy with cisplatinum or adriamycin.

Synonyms

• doxorubicin
• hydroxydaunorubicin

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See also

• adriamycin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia