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Mitomycin

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Noun

1. mitomycin, mutamycin

a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug

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Mitomycin

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noun
pharmacology
any of the antibiotics that come from Streptomyces caespitosus
The drug, Mitomycin C, which is used to treat the hospital's bladder cancer patients

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Mitomycin

see synonyms of mitomycin
n.
Any of a group of antibiotics produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces caespitosus that inhibit DNA synthesis and are used against bacteria and cancerous tumor cells.

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