Taxol

//ˈtæksɒl// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
  2. 2
    A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol.

    "The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree."

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"The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See taxol.

Etymology 2

Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).

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