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mitomycin.

Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos)der. English mito- English -mycin English mitomycin From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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