mithracin

Thân thiện

A doctor prescribes mithracin to a patient.

Definition

Noun: 1. A proprietary antineoplastic antibiotic drug: Mithracin is a chemotherapy medication historically used in the treatment of certain cancers, most notably testicular cancer. It functions by inhibiting RNA synthesis in cells.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The oncologist prescribed a course of Mithracin for the patient.
  • Mithracin was once a standard treatment for testicular tumors.

Advanced Usage

• "to administer Mithracin": to give the drug as part of a medical treatment.
  • The medical team decided to administer Mithracin intravenously.

Variants and Related Words

• Plicamycin: This is the generic, non-proprietary name for the drug known by the trade name Mithracin.
  • The active compound, plicamycin, is derived from the bacterium Streptomyces plicatus.

Synonyms

• Plicamycin (n): The generic pharmaceutical name.
• Antineoplastic antibiotic (n): A descriptive term for its drug class and function.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mithramycin
• Mithracin