etoposide
English
Noun
etoposide (plural etoposides)
- (medicine) A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 206:
- Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.
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