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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
doxorubicin /ˌdɒksəʊˈruːbɪsɪn/

▶noun Medicine a bacterial antibiotic used to treat leukaemia and other forms of cancer.

– origin 1970s: from deoxy- (in the sense ‘that has lost oxygen’) + L. rubus ‘red’ + -mycin.

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