Dactinomycin
a cytotoxic polypeptide, c 62 h 86 n 12 o 16 , isolated from the bacterium streptomyces parvullus, used in the treatment of certain cancers.
dactinomycin dac·ti·no·my·cin (dāk’tə-nō-mī’sīn)
n.
an antibiotic isolated from bacteria and used as an antineoplastic agent in the treatment of certain cancers.
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