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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ble•o•my•cin (blē′ə mī′sin),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]- Drugsa cytotoxic antibiotic, C55H84N17O21S3, derived from the fermentation product of the bacterium Streptomyces certicillus, used in the management of certain epithelial cell and testicular carcinomas and malignant lymphomas.
- 1965–70; apparently alteration of phleomycin, an antibiotic derived earlier from the same source; initial elements phleo-, bleo- unexplained by originators; see -mycin
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