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adriamycin

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Adriamycin /Adri·a·my·cin/ (a″dre-ah-mi´sin) trademark for preparations of doxorubicin hydrochloride.
A·dri·a·my·cin (dr--msn)
A trademark for the drug doxorubicin.
adriamycin,
n an antineoplastic agent used in cancer treatment.
adriamycin
doxorubicin.
adriamycin
Doxorubicin HCl Oncology An anthracycline antibiotic with antineoplastic activity, used to treat both leukemia and solid tumors; its efficacy is hampered by cardiotoxicity that ↑ as the cumulative dose passes 500 mg/mm3


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