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actinomycin

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ac·ti·no·my·cin  (kt-n-msn)
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Any of various red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics obtained from soil bacteria.
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Noun1.actinomycin - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
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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(7) The chemotherapeutic element of the IRS IV protocol is significantly different from its predecessors in that the newer agents etoposide, ifosfamide, and melphalan have been added to the standard treatment with vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide.
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[25] According to Tefft et al,[26] the use of drugs such as actinomycin D, Adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide to enhance the effects of radiation has resulted in damaged bone.
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Thus even with prior exposure of the cells to the toxic chemotherapeutic drug actinomycin D, the cells did not die.
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