bleomycin

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bleomycin

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From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

noun bleomycins

countable, uncountable Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus. Bleomycin, which could scar lungs without warning, was an antibiotic derived from a mold.

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@misc{bleomycin_2026,
  title = {bleomycin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleomycin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}