Taxol
Trademark.
1.
a chemical substance derived from a yew tree of the Pacific Coast: used experimentally as a drug in the treatment of cancer.
Taxol Tax·ol (tāk’sôl’)
Trademark for drug developed from the toxin of specific types of yew trees and bushes and used to kill dividing cells, especially tumor cells.
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