dox·o·ru·bi·cin (d k s -r  b -sn)n. An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peuceticus, used as an anticancer drug. [d(e)ox(y)- + Latin ruber, red; see rubric + -(my)cin.] |
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| Noun | 1. | doxorubicin - an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs" |
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