different between chemotherapy vs epirubicin

chemotherapy

English

Etymology

chemo- +? therapy

Noun

chemotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural chemotherapies)

  1. (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  2. (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

Derived terms

  • chemotherapeutic

Translations

Anagrams

  • chamerophyte

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epirubicin

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +? -rubicin (daunorubicin derivative).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??p.???u.b?s.n?/

Noun

epirubicin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

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